Showing posts with label fine tuners with tailpiece. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fine tuners with tailpiece. Show all posts

Monday, October 29, 2018

All About Tailpieces- Long, Short, and Fine Tuned


By Andy Fein, Luthier at Fein Violins
and Ivana Truong
with comparison videos by Diane Houser and Megan Scott
A Schmidt Harp Style tailpiece made from Pernambuco

Tailpieces do far more than hold your strings on to your instrument. And then there's the BIG question of how many fine tuners to use, if any. One? Two? Four? None?

What sounds best? Or- does it affect your tone and playability at all?

Pernambuco tailpiece with four fine tuners made by Bois d'Harmonie