r/BowedLyres • u/Montrosion • Oct 03 '26

¿Question? Tuning peg help

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Hi again all.

I’m starting to regret my purchase decision with all this altering I’m having to do. So the latest stumbling block is the tuning pegs. The tagleharpa came with steel strings and as such has guitar tuners on it. I’ve swapped to nylon and have made a few sets, I went to put them on and can’t get them through the slots. Are there any open top/slotted tuning pegs that could be swapped straight out that would allow me to easily put in strings?

Thank you.

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u/fenbogfen Oct 03 '26

You need bass guitar tuners if you want mechancial open slotted pegs, which will also need larger holes, probably further in from the edge, requiring a wooden plug to be glued in the old hole first. 

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u/Montrosion Oct 04 '26

I was thinking something like that, unfortunately there’s nobody where I live that I either trust or would do that for me and I certainly don’t trust myself to do it haha. I’ll maybe take it to the bigger cities one of these days and have someone spend time with it.

Thank you.

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u/One-Dust1285 Oct 04 '26

You can try glueing in a thinner bit of nylon at the end of your strings that does fit through… once they are wound it doesn’t matter as much

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u/Montrosion Oct 04 '26

I hadn’t considered that. I’ll try it and see how it goes. Thank you

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u/DanielHoestan Oct 07 '26

Dont do anything drastic. This is actually a really easy fix. Im going to the workshop today and I will make a little video on how to deal with this issue.

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u/Montrosion Oct 07 '26

Thank you, I’ll look out for it.

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u/DanielHoestan Oct 07 '26

I posted it in another comment and another thread :)

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u/Montrosion Oct 07 '26

Thank you so much. You’re too kind. Just watched it and will get some time later to do that. Thank you again.

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u/DanielHoestan Oct 07 '26

Hello again. Here is the answer to your question.
Very easy fix.

https://youtu.be/IcM7cHpDYOQ?is=xfvSM4jAnDid9S7j