It is summertime. The humidity is high. High humidity causes wood to
swell causing pegs to stick. Simply moving the instrument to a dryer
environment for a few weeks may help.
Craig
Craig R. Pierpont
Another Era Lutherie
www.anotherera.com
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Subject: [LUTE] Stuck pegs
To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>, "David Tayler"
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Date: Wednesday, August 6, 2008, 10:34 AM
Dear All:
A well-known luthier once told me an effective way to remove a stuck peg
without damaging it:
Take a short length of wooden dowel (1 inch or 2 cm)
that is slightly smaller
in diameter than the small end of the stuck peg. Then take a small mallet or
hammer and gently tap-tap-tap until it pops loose. Do not use pliers or
vise-grips!
Cheers,
Jim
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