Stephen Gottlieb offers a peg turner here:
[1]http://www.editor.net/lutemaker/accessories.html
$
"Occasionally pegs are very stiff, or simply a little small, and a peg
turner is a useful accessory. This is a very simple tool, a turned
wooden handle with a leather padded slot for the peg, and flat sides to
prevent it rolling about. -L-20"
$
I made my own out of a piece of scrap wood - not very difficult with
basic tools. It may not look very beautiful but it does the job.
On 14 January 2011 05:08, Claudia Funder <[2]claudia.fun...@gmail.com>
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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References
1. http://www.editor.net/lutemaker/accessories.html
2. mailto:claudia.fun...@gmail.com
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