--001a11c35b4c9e155e0516fefe80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I had PegHeds (that is how the inventor and manufacturer spells his product) installed on a 10 c Ren lute. 19 PegHeds to replace tired, worn, crappy wooden friction pegs that had broken off, actually started shearing off under load. The lute was used and I had just gotten it. Chuck Herin, the PegHed guy is, by pure luck, only about 2 hours from me here in South Carolina. I drove the instrument to him, he made very small bore changes in the pegbox and installed them. Here are before and after pics of the lute's pegbox. The PegHeds cost $30 a piece. That adds up but what was it costing me to have a lute with 1/2 of the broken pegs missing and so unplayable, what would it have cost me to take it to a lute luthier and have new friction pegs turned and installed and how long would that have taken. Then I would have been back to friction pegs. Add both costs up and the PegHeds were a no brainer! I recommend them highly.
Michael On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Dan Winheld <dwinh...@lmi.net> wrote: > I am neither conventional nor wise, so I can only offer my own personal > experience & opinions: > > Most people love them, I wouldn't pay $20 for a barrelful of them. But > they are life saver on Orpharions; or any multi-string, double-course low > tension wire strung instrument. For those instruments, and those > instruments alone, I would consider them almost a necessity. > > They are nice on my Baroque lute student's 13 course instrument - but > string changing is his problem! > Hate them on my own 8 course, but I have adapted & gotten used to them- > and that lute is so good I put up with them. The conventional but > exquisitely fitted pegs on my Vihuela are a lot faster & easier than the > Pegheads on my lute; I am used to the quick action of the 1 to 1 "gear > ratio" of no gears! String changes? Instant! > > No gears for me, thanks! > > Da > > > On 5/26/2015 6:22 AM, Charles Mokotoff wrote: > >> I took delivery of a new lute this week that has Pegheads installed. >> I've never been one for much authenticity, so this doesn't bug me at >> all. All I can say is, where have they been all my lute life? I don't >> know what I am going to do with all the extra time I have now. They >> are >> fantastic. The only single thing I miss is the simplicity of removing >> a >> string with conventional pegs, but to be able to just sit there and >> put >> your left hand up to easily tweak tuning feels miraculous to me. >> I am curious what the conventional wisdom is on these. >> >> -- >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > > -- __________________________________ Michael M. Grant, PhD, MBA *Coastal Psychological Consulting, PA* 74 Lodge Trail Pawleys Island, SC 29585 843.314.3263 Phone 843.314.3784 Fax www.coastalpsychological.com --001a11c35b4c9e155e0516fefe80 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir="ltr"><div>I had PegHeds (that is how the inventor and manufacturer spells his product) installed on a 10 c Ren lute. 19 PegHeds to replace tired, worn, crappy wooden friction pegs that had broken off, actually started shearing off under load. The lute was used and I had just gotten it. Chuck Herin, the PegHed guy is, by pure luck, only about 2 hours from me here in South Carolina. I drove the instrument to him, he made very small bore changes in the pegbox and installed them. Here are before and after pics of the lute's pegbox. The PegHeds cost $30 a piece. That adds up but what was it costing me to have a lute with 1/2 of the broken pegs missing and so unplayable, what would it have cost me to take it to a lute luthier and have new friction pegs turned and installed and how long would that have taken. Then I would have been back to friction pegs. Add both costs up and the PegHeds were a no brainer! I recommend them highly.<br><br></div><div! >Michael<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div >class="gmail_quote">On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 11:20 AM, Dan Winheld <span >dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dwinh...@lmi.net"; >target="_blank">dwinh...@lmi.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote >class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc >solid;padding-left:1ex">I am neither conventional nor wise, so I can only >offer my own personal experience & opinions:<br> <br> Most people love them, I wouldn't pay $20 for a barrelful of them. But they are life saver on Orpharions; or any multi-string, double-course low tension wire strung instrument. For those instruments, and those instruments alone, I would consider them almost a necessity.<br> <br> They are nice on my Baroque lute student's 13 course instrument - but string changing is his problem!<br> Hate them on my own 8 course, but I have adapted & gotten used to them- and that lute is so good I put up with them. The conventional but exquisitely fitted pegs on my Vihuela are a lot faster & easier than the Pegheads on my lute; I am used to the quick action of the 1 to 1 "gear ratio" of no gears! String changes? Instant!<br> <br> No gears for me, thanks!<br> <br> Da<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br> <br> On 5/26/2015 6:22 AM, Charles Mokotoff wrote:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">   I took delivery of a new lute this week that has Pegheads installed.<br>   I've never been one for much authenticity, so this doesn't bug me at<br>   all. All I can say is, where have they been all my lute life? I don't<br>   know what I am going to do with all the extra time I have now. They are<br>   fantastic. The only single thing I miss is the simplicity of removing a<br>   string with conventional pegs, but to be able to just sit there and put<br>   your left hand up to easily tweak tuning feels miraculous to me.<br>   I am curious what the conventional wisdom is on these.<br> <br>   --<br> <br> <br> To get on or off this list see list information at<br> <a href="http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html"; target="_blank">http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html</a><br> <br> </blockquote> <br> <br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>__________________________________<br>Michael M. Grant, PhD, MBA<br><i>Coastal Psychological Consulting, PA</i><br></div>74 Lodge Trail<br><div>Pawleys Island, SC 29585<br>843.314.3263 Phone<br>843.314.3784 Fax<br></div><div><a href="http://www.coastalpsychological.com"; target="_blank">www.coastalpsychological.com</a><br></div><div><br></div></div></div> </div> --001a11c35b4c9e155e0516fefe80-- --
