How Many Fine Tuners Should Be On A Violin?

In this video Zach and Lauren go through the basics of what you should know about fine tuners and which one is right depending on your skill level.
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[@mellissadalby1402]

I have very low mass fine tuner tailpieces on my violins. Coming from a Guitar background, I find too much challenge getting accurate tuning using only the wooden pegs, so the fine tuners are a ust for me. The low mass keeps them from muting the instruments. As I learned from Olaf Grawert (master violin maker), if you have to tune a lot with the pegs (if the strings were very low) then it is important to check that the bridge does not end up leaning towards the neck. If so, there is a safe way to tilt it back again to make it perpendicular as it should be. If the bridge leans too much in either direction, it can warp (especially in high humidity) or worse, it can break! Nice bowing.

[@ssb73q]

Hi, good video. IMO all student level violins should come with geared pegs where no fine tuners are required. I like the Whittner geared pegs that have a large gear ratio.

[@chriskelly9653]

I've had geared tuners on my acoustic violin for years and they work well . But I still have a fine tuner on the tailpiece for the E string .

[@snowyfire___8771]

does it cost money to get fine tuners to get removed?

[@KennedyViolins]

Well, it depends on your current set up. The short answer is that any change to your violin will require work and if someone else is doing it, it'll cost money. My suggestion is to buy some strings from a local shop. If you spend money on strings, they'll probably do the work for "free".

[@snowyfire___8771]

@@KennedyViolins just to say you guys are my local shop 😅 but I’ll see

[@KennedyViolins]

@@snowyfire___8771 Ya, we're not going to charge you. We are the local friendly violin shop. 😉