Peghed geared tuners . 

I was introduced to these tuners a year ago and was immediately impressed by the design. A 4:1 gear ratio peg with no external visible difference to a taper peg is quite an achievement.  The tuners are described in great detail <<<here>>  Further fitting information based on my experience can be found <<<here>>>.

When fitting the tuners to early design hurdy-gurdies where the pegs can all be the same length, the standard 9mm flamenco guitar tuner is  perfect. There were issues, however, when fitting them to the traditional carved head pegbox . The problem was that by design, pegs of different lengths are required if the buttons are to be an even height. 

Through discussions with Chuck Herin, ( the inventor of the pegs ), A range of three different peg lengths has been developed. This now permits perfect alignment of the buttons. The tuners are very simple to fit as replacements for traditional taper pegs 

Here can be seen one of each length placed on the late 19thc.Pimpard lute back plan  drawn by J.Noel Grandchamp.  The peg lengths are ( from shoulder to tip ) 45mm, 51mm,58mm. It may well be that only the chanterelle tuners need to be shorter so the pegs can be ordered as short, medium or long  depending on requirements. The current stock is all right hand threaded in order that the buttons may "Tourne a Gauche". Some instruments are strung so some of the pegs need to turn the opposite way. I have fitted the same pegs and they work equally well in reverse.

A photo of the three sizes available on a background of 10mm graph paper. Notice the distance from thread to button remains constant which is important if the pegs are to all protrude the same distance from the top of the pegbox. The comfortable overlap of the string post length  ensures the ideal line from pegbox side hole to the peg.

 The photos below show the pegheds fitted to an early 20thc Pajot. Short pegs for chanterelles and standard for the bourdons.

The gros bourdon peg is drilled out to take the thicker gut core of the string.

Examples of the Pegheds fitted to other designs of pegbox EMS Henry 111 type Artist model using all three lengths allowing a simple pegbox shape

The price per peg is £12.50, + £1.50  P&P ( UK & Europe )   for a set of 6.

 Payment can be by cheque to my home address: 1 Shire Bank Cres. Fulwood Preston PR2 9QE Lancs.

  or Paypal ( add 5% ) to hurdygurdy@talktalk.net 

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