John Cousens always said it was from the use of watch keys - he lent me some when stringing a Preston guittar and they fitted perfectly. My supposition would therefore be that the same people who made watch mechanisms in 18thC London (centre of the industry)made these tuners to P's specifications. MH
Alexander Batov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gregory Doc Rossi" To: "Cittern NET" Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 8:02 AM Subject: [CITTERN] Preston tuner history > ... Where did > he (if it was Preston) get the idea from? Bow screw perhaps (which, I would imagine, was invented by French). Alexander To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --------------------------------- Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone who knows. Tryit now. --
