How to Change a Violin Tailpiece

How to install/change a violin tailpiece.

[@PalavraVivaUSA]

Just one suggestion, it's a very good idea to place a rag between the violin and the tailpiece so you don't damage the violin.. great video !

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

I have a 5 String Cello which uses a really beautiful Ebony Tailpiece. I changed the friction pegs out to mechanical ones which allowed me to get rid of the fine tuners from the tailpiece. The lack of fine tuners on the tailpiecec will liven up the instrument's sound by allowing the top to vibrate more freely.

[@matthowe7057]

That's a nice work-mat you have there. When I first saw the lighter at the start of the video I had visions of Jimi Hendrix pyrotechnic event. On this instrument the bridge had left footprint depressions on the surface to make for alignment but my teachers would have me inspect & align my bridge central with the axes of mid-slit of the F-shapes of sound-holes. An older comment stated that he could still see the an unvarnished area of 1mm or so (which I also noticed), but I think your bridge refit is now closer to where it should be. It'll be closer to the internal sound post & likely to produce a more efficient sound.

[@BrooklyFire]

I had this cord for 10 years and it's for that? Lol

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Wittner makes Tailpieces that don't have fine tuenrs in them at all that complement the fine tune pegs. Fine tune pegs make tuning even easier but they also save the headstock from wearing down.

[@RockStarOscarStern634]

Lisa Berman This will apply to Viola, Cello, & Double Bass. Even the Viola, D'amore.

[@KimberlyOurlian]

thankyou for this. I found a Cremona at a thrift store, but the end pin hole for the tail piece is filled in with some kind of filler, there was no tailpiece, bridge or end pin attached to this violin. I just ordered the tailpiece set but how should i remove the filler that someone put in there, I don't want it to fall into the violin when i try to remove it, thankyou!!

[@carolynnadeau1509]

This is so helpful for me! I have a free violin that is having some problems, and I'm pretty sure it's the old fashioned tailpiece. I'd like to try if we can work out these problems ourselves since it is a fractional violin my daughter will only be using for another year, two at most, when she moves on up to the next size, which we already have and is already a pretty decent instrument. I feel like I can do this myself after watching the video. Thank you!

[@dakotac9547]

Can you guys tell me the benefit of this; on a cheap violin with an expensive tail piece? Any benefits?

[@MrJptrman]

I recently took the tailpiece off of my violin and one of the brass nuts was screwed down farther than the other. How am I supposed to adjust these?

[@ratch76]

Thanks ever so much for such a helpful and informative video.

[@wbevisjr]

I believe if you put a little rosin on the end peg it will stop it from moving

[@patriotelectronics]

Started installing my new tailpiece this evening. Everything sounds good except for my E String. no matter what I do, it sounds muffled. Any ideas?

[@annettenelson3453]

Thanks for the perfect instruction video. I am new to the violin (3 months) and had great success in putting on a Wittner tailpiece with tuners. It is tuned and ready for Gavotte!

[@kirkmorrison6131]

Thanks, you, for the information. I am rebuilding my beginner/ intermediate violin and that is my next step though I am going to leave 2'fine tuners A and E. I am changing all the furniture to Rosewood as a lot of it is composite and I feel it is holding me back. I build and refurbish instruments as a hobby but all I have ever done with a violin is change the strings and reset the sound post. Though aggravating the instructions were in one of my Luthier books. This was.so much easier than reading and using photos.

[@Louise-zs9rl]

I will be changing my tail piece very soon for the first time and replacing it with an ebony tail piece. Your video has answered my questions about how to attach ball end strings to my new tail piece as I did want to change my strings yet and thank goodness I don't have to. It all seems very straight forward and thank you for posting as your video has put my mind at rest that I also bought the correct fine tuner for my E string👍😁

[@TexasEdd]

THANK YOU! You made it look so easy. Thank You!!👍

[@blindblueeye]

your gut was way to short ,this makes playing hard on your fingers.gentely grip tail peice when on and you shoud hear a rubbery low ,,thunk,,,this is the sound of the right size of gut,

[@simplyviolins]

Just to mention the rosin can be gritty and can cause damage to both the end-pin and the hole in the tail block. Thank you, though, Walter, for your reply. There is a very serious conservation movement amongst the world's top Luthiers...The motto being "Do No Harm".

[@nothanks1239]

Thanks. As a beginner this was helpful. One question though, I need a new tail piece and new strings. Should I set the tailpiece first with my old strings, or can I replace the strings at the same time? I don't want to make tuning the violin too difficult as I'm still learning to get it all right.

[@MrOnionDip]

looks like you needed to move the foot up just millimeter on the g string side I can still see unvarnished spruce where the bridge foot should have been.

[@benjaminbrewer2569]

Super helpful, thank you.

[@EzhearthraWitch]

Can you change the tailpipece on an electric violin, and does it need to be a specific type of tailpiece

[@heki22]

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. It is very clear and good video. Thanks for posting.

[@KomodoDaveKD]

Many useful tips in this video, sincere thanks for posting - I'm a beginner and found this immensely helpful :)

[@cat-cd5cz]

You know they're good when they're old

[@lizzypaulk6930]

Thank you so much for all of your videos! They have been so helpful!

[@wbevisjr]

I guess I got bad advice previously sorry

[@mccypr]

Thanks!

[@mangowater9143]

where can i get the fine tuner in the video

[@dunnotck1]

AliExpress, I buy from a store called Bates Music, they have decent stuff. You should try it out.

[@RFconductor]

Thank you!

[@Bingo1059]

My Viola desperately needs a new tailpiece (I currently have a very torn up, cheap metal one with a broken fine tuner...) but this just seems too nerveracking to do myselfe, I'm just going to have to find a violinshop in another town (we dont have one here)... Thanks for the video!

[@alexisalvarez59]

Tiene que ser en español,p que el subtítulo no abarque todo el vídeo.

[@damienmorrow912]

this video really just shows you how to set your violin up. little to no information about setting up your tailpiece. two thumbs down.

[@sudoku6177]

the title only says how to change the tailpiece and that it does show, where do you see it say how to "set up" a tailpiece". thought your comment may be a year old you are still at fault for your own misconception and expectation.

[@greyborzoi]

Well done!

[@ericwang9692]

damien morrow ur just stupid

[@DyingWillForever]

I'm trying to change the tail piece for my violin myself. But I notice that the gut (I think that's what it is called) is kind of round, which is different than how my current tail piece looks. The part that goes on the peg? The gut on the one I have is straight. Should I bend my new one until it resembles the shape of my current one?