Perfection Pegs 4/4 Violin
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Price Includes Installation
- The finest classically styled tuning peg for string instruments
- For violin, viola, cello, gamba, lute, oud, guitar, ukulele
- Swiss & Hill styles in ebony, rosewood or ABS
- Accurate, smooth & stable under all conditions
- High tensile steel planetary gears in a shaft of aircraft-grade aluminum & nylon
- Sets of 4-pegs or more
- With a Lifetime Warranty
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Construction
Shape, weight & taper
Perfection pegs have a standard taper (violin 1:30, cello 1:25) and are designed to fit in the same holes as the standard wooden friction pegs currently on your instrument. They have the same profile and weight as a set of good ebony pegs.
Heads
The head of a Perfection peg is made either of ebony, rosewood, or ABS synthetic (the plastic often used in car bodies). The head is attached to the central sun gear, which runs down the centre of the shaft.
Shank
The section just below the head is the shank. Made of aircraft-grade aluminum, turned, polished and anodized, the shank encloses the gears and connects the head to the shaft. When the peg is installed the shank is fixed in the peg box and remains stationary.
Planetary gears
Inside the shank is a set of planetary gears, and the brake which holds the gears in position against the tension of the strings. The 4:1 geared reduction provides accuracy and control in tuning. The gears themselves are made of toughened high-tensile steel, they are immensely strong, permanently sealed and lubricated and never require maintenance.
Shaft
The shaft is the section with the string hole. It sits below the shank and is made of anodized aluminum and industrial nylon. The shaft is driven by the gears and turns once with every four turns of the head.
See the Perfection pegs planetary gear diagram.
Operation/Action
Perfection pegs work in much the same way as a conventional pegs, but more accurately and reliably.
Turn the peg head to change the pitch.
Efficiency & Effectiveness
Perfection pegs eliminate string tuning problems and boost the efficiency and effectiveness of string teachers and students. Teachers using Perfection pegs with young orchestras report time savings in lessons and onstage of around 30%.
Students using Perfection pegs are able to tune on their own at a far earlier stage in their learning, often years earlier. Every lesson they have is more effective because they no longer have running battles with awkward pegs. At home, they can practice on an instrument that is in tune, an instrument that they have tuned.
A violin, viola or cello fitted with Perfection pegs has a longer and more useful working life. Maintenance spending on instrument repairs associated with pegs and fine tuners is reduced almost to zero, as are those ‘incidents’ with friction pegs that are the most common cause of broken strings.
Shape, weight & taper
Perfection pegs have a standard taper (violin 1:30, cello 1:25) and are designed to fit in the same holes as the standard wooden friction pegs currently on your instrument. They have the same profile and weight as a set of good ebony pegs.
Heads
The head of a Perfection peg is made either of ebony, rosewood, or ABS synthetic (the plastic often used in car bodies). The head is attached to the central sun gear, which runs down the centre of the shaft.
Shank
The section just below the head is the shank. Made of aircraft-grade aluminum, turned, polished and anodized, the shank encloses the gears and connects the head to the shaft. When the peg is installed the shank is fixed in the peg box and remains stationary.
Planetary gears
Inside the shank is a set of planetary gears, and the brake which holds the gears in position against the tension of the strings. The 4:1 geared reduction provides accuracy and control in tuning. The gears themselves are made of toughened high-tensile steel, they are immensely strong, permanently sealed and lubricated and never require maintenance.
Shaft
The shaft is the section with the string hole. It sits below the shank and is made of anodized aluminum and industrial nylon. The shaft is driven by the gears and turns once with every four turns of the head.
See the Perfection pegs planetary gear diagram.
Operation/Action
Perfection pegs work in much the same way as a conventional pegs, but more accurately and reliably.
Turn the peg head to change the pitch.
- Press the head inwards to make the peg more firm and hold string tension.
- Pull the head outwards to soften the peg action.
- Whatever the “firmness” setting, the head can be turned without risk of damaging the mechanism.
- When you are satisfied with the feel of the peg simply turn the head to tune sharp or flat.
- When a string is tuned to pitch a variable-friction brake holds the gears in position against the tension of the string. The player controls the degree of friction by exerting a light inward pressure on the peg head as a string is tuned. Friction is increased by pressing the peg head inwards as it is turned, and can be released to let the peg turn more freely by pulling the peg head gently outwards during rotation.
- To get a feel for the tuning action: back the peg off a couple of turns (so there’s no danger of breaking a string) and work the head backwards and forwards a few times, a half turn each way, as you apply gentle inward pressure to the head. Now do the same thing while gently pulling outwards on the head. You will quickly discover how to adjust the peg for ease of turning and optimal hold.
- If at some stage you find that the string is not holding, apply an inward pressure as you turn the head and this will make the action more firm. Or, if the peg becomes difficult to turn, gently pull the peg head away from the peg box as you turn and you will feel the action become easier.
Efficiency & Effectiveness
Perfection pegs eliminate string tuning problems and boost the efficiency and effectiveness of string teachers and students. Teachers using Perfection pegs with young orchestras report time savings in lessons and onstage of around 30%.
Students using Perfection pegs are able to tune on their own at a far earlier stage in their learning, often years earlier. Every lesson they have is more effective because they no longer have running battles with awkward pegs. At home, they can practice on an instrument that is in tune, an instrument that they have tuned.
A violin, viola or cello fitted with Perfection pegs has a longer and more useful working life. Maintenance spending on instrument repairs associated with pegs and fine tuners is reduced almost to zero, as are those ‘incidents’ with friction pegs that are the most common cause of broken strings.