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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.
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<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>
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<br>
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</blockquote>
<br>
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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>
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