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 ), the design has been refined in order that a single peg size will cover all requirements.

Here can be seen the revised design. The string holes are drilled progressively larger and are 1.3, 1.5 & 2mm to accomodate the thicker drone strings. There is usually room in traditional lute bodied instrument peg boxes for the full length to be used for the chanterelles and this makes threading the strings easier as they can be fitted to the lowest hole which is more easily accessible. The string post is made from aircraft grade aluminium so if a peg is too long for a particular fitting, the post can easily be sawn to length and touched up with matt black cellulose paint. The button is now in solid ebony and has a more suitable design for hurdy-gurdy 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.

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 £25.00, + £9.00  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 nwbrook@gmail.com

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