Steel strings or synthetic? Well-fitted pegs that work properly? I use mostly tailpieces with integrated fine tuners. They work well with all but gut strings. I do not like long-lever add-ons for most fiddles. If you are not a professional I wouldn't worry about trying to look like one. And I have seen integrated fine tuner tailpieces in videos of European orchestras.
Some people like them and use them even if their instruments don't need it. It doesn't make you better or worse than anyone else whether you choose to use fine tuners or not!
I bought it cause, well besides liking the sound and how well everything worked, I didn't need a fancy instrument cause that's what I am a student. However after learning how to tune with my pegs I've never really used my fine tuners I just like them. And I've never used cut string always used synthetic strings. I'll get around to using gut one day though. And no I am by no means a professional, I've only been playing for eight years and I just do it for my amusement.
This discussion between my brother and I came up since he had noticed I had bought myself a better case and bow for my violin. At the end of the day, what is important is that you can quickly and accurately tune it, and make adjustments when necessary.
Whether that is having regularly maintained regular pegs, mechanical pegs, integrated fine tuners, a highly-paid lackey that sits next to you and does only that, etc. But having a lackey to do it for me does sound like a lot of fun. Even a steel E can slip out of tune slightly due to external influences such as temperature changes or a small movement in the bridge when another string is being tuned or slips, so tuning adjustment is therefore necessary.
Hence I believe one should use micrometer tuners for a steel E or A. But a metal-cored D or G should be tunable from the pegs if the pegs are working properly. If the two lower strings are gut-cored as in the traditional Russian set-up which will have steel E and A and gut everything else then micro adjusters are needed only for the A and E, and are not a good idea for gut strings.
If a player believes that a pair of add-on micro adjusters on the tail piece has an effect on the tone I don't think the effect is significant then very light-weight add-on adjusters are available. Feel free to dump them if your pegs work well. From the visual perspective, they make the instrument look cluttered and distract from the beauty of its simple design. Should you use fine tuners or not? They are a relatively new invention. Designed for a specific purpose -- to make it easier to tune steel strings.
Back in the day, people made strings out of sheep and lamb guts, and sometimes, a mixture of other animal muscles and connective tissues. As you can imagine, gut strings were really flexible and stretchable. Therefore, pegs did the job of finding the accurate open string pitches just fine. But, when metal was introduced to the string industry -- steel, in particular -- in the late s and early s, a problem arose. Steel is not as malleable as guts and connective tissue.
One turn too much in the peg caused the string to snap. Despite this issue, metal and steel strings became all the rage in the string musician community which gave birth to a new invention -- the fine tuner.
The fine tuner stretched the metal strings in small increments to avoid breakage. For steel strings, you only have to turn the pegs and fine tuners very little to change the pitch.
This makes steel material more desirable due to the ease of tuning. It takes less time to get to the pitch you need.
Fine tuners also pleased people who used synthetic and gut strings. When steel strings first came out, they were usually a combination of gut and steel strings with the E-string being the metal one. Therefore, the fine tuner was often just needed on the E-string, hence, one fine tuner as opposed to all four. It should feel warm on both of the shiny bands. This means it fits well and you can proceed to apply peg compound and reinstall the string.
If any of these standards are not met, you should visit your local shop and have them adjust or replace your pegs using professional tools and standards. Here are a few tips from gettuned.
This prevents string breakages and systematizes the process of tuning, so you eventually become familiar with the sound of a perfect, in-tune string. Use the fine tuners when possible.
When a fine tuner has been wound right down to the end of the screw, loosen the fine tuner all the way to the end of the screw before carefully tightening the tuning peg. This way, you prevent the string from being over-tightened. When tuning your violin, play the note continuously with your bow and listen carefully to the string as it tightens towards the desired pitch. Remember, you may need to stop to tune halfway through a practice, especially if you are using new strings, as they tend to stretch and may need tightening from the peg multiple times per practice session for the first few days.
You might have to do this a few times. Pro violinists do this all the time, without even thinking about it, and don't worry, it's not "cheating"! Your margin of error will decrease and decrease as you get better at tuning. This is a great option, if you are still learning to trust your ears, if you don't have a reference pitch, or if you want to tune to a specific "A" , , etc.
A chromatic tuner or tuning app can tell you if your string is too high or too low, and it can also tell you if your tuning efforts have corrected the pitch. While tuners can all be a little different, one very common way they work is this: If you play your string and the line moves to the left of center, the pitch is too low and you need to tighten the string.
If the line moves to the right of center, then the pitch is too high and you need to loosen the string. If it's right in the middle, hooray! The pitch is correct. Again, chromatic tuners vary in the way they work, but you'll get the feedback you need, and they will also show you when your string is tuned correctly.
Thanks so much for this excellent video. I was planning to make one for our school as we go to online instruction, but this is so good, I'm going to share with our whole school.
My students desperately this video!! I will share it with them! I love it! Any chance you want to do one for viola, cello and bass ;.
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