Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
how do u fix a violin tuning peg?
i just bought a new violin and it's pretty nice, but the tuning pegs keep slipping, and when ever i play one string, my bow rubs against the another one. does that mean that there's something wrong with the violin, or is that just something all beginning violinist do? I'm only on day 2 with learning the violin so i'm really knew at it. (I'm not new at music, i'm an electric guitarist and a classical pianist), and i haven't done anything stupid that could damage it. I know how to handle it and everything.
The best thing to do is get together with a live violin player for a few minutes to answer your questions.
Keeping the bow on one string takes practice.
The pegs slipping is common among new violins and old.
Take a peg out. One that keeps slipping. Put some chalk on the parts that fit into the violin. You can put a lot on. What is not used will disappear after a while.
Put the peg back in the violin. Insert the string as you would on a guitar. as you tighten the string make sure that the string coming from the fingerboard ends up next to the edge of the peg box nearest the peg head. That helps pull the peg into the instrument keeping it more secure. That should do it. If you ever have one that sticks to much, do the same thing except use pencil lead instead of chalk.
Now go find a teacher.
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