Welcome, Claudia.
Peg turners are fine as a way of protecting your fingers in the course
of everyday tuning, but I worry about their use as a violent solution
for sticking pegs. Apart from breaking the pegs, you could (even more
expensively) break the pegbox as well. I think once your pegs have
finally loosened, you should add some peg paste - over here the leading
brand seems to be Hill's - dark brown stuff in a lipstick-style container.
Happy luting,
Martin
www.luteshop.co.uk
On 14/01/2011 05:08, Claudia Funder wrote:
Hi All,
I've just joined the Lute List and am a new player having taken up
Lute in 2010. I have a beautiful instrument made for me last year by
Stephen and Sandi in London which I picked up in May. Now that it's
summer I am also experiencing huge peg turning issues (as per Anthony
Hind's note of last year). It's very wet and humid this year with
all the La Nina rain. (which is all through Aus not just in Queensland
etc).
For last few days I haven't been able to turn the pegs at all. I've
tried the heat/drying technique suggested but given it hasn't really
helped. (Actually, I might try a hair dryer....Hmm)
Today I've managed to move the pegs a bit and have almost re-tuned the
whole instrument. Now I have numb fingers and thumbs and practice will
have to wait!
If anyone can let me know where I can get a peg turner from to help
that would be just grand. I can't find anything on the interweb...
Regards to all.
Claudia Funder
Melbourne
Australia.
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