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The Top or Sound Board of the Violin & Its Functions
Explanation of the Types of Violin Backs
Differences in Appearance of Different Violin Makers
About the Ribs of the Violin & How They're Made
About Corner Blocks Connected to the Ribs of the Violin
Using the Fine Tuner to Tune the Violin
About the Tail Piece & Tail Cord of the Violin
About the Fingerboard of a Violin & How It's Made
How to Adjust the Fingerboard of a Violin
About the Peg Box & Scoll of a Violin
How to Lubricate the Pegs of a Violin
About the Chin Rest of the Violin & Its Functions
Importance of the Shoulder Rest of the Violin
About the Shoulder Rest of a Violin
How Different Makers Create Different F Holes on a Violin
About the F Holes of a Violin & Their Function
About the Bridge of the Violin & How It's Made
Differences in Bridges of Various Violins
About the Sound Posts of the Violin & Their Functions
Possible Problems with Sound Posts of a Violin
The Tuning Pegs of the Violin & Their Functions
Summary: Learn how to lubricate the pegs of a violin with expert music training tips in this free online instrument instruction video clip.
David Kaynor has over 30 years of fiddle playing experience. He currently teaches and plays the fiddle in the Connecticut River Valley. He can be often found calling music and playing...read more
"Hi! I’m David Kaynor for expertvillage.com. Whereas the Dessemble fiddle that I’ve been using is presumably from France. Now the pegs I’m going to insert a peg ebony finely carved, there’s I don’t know if this is going to be visible in the camera here, but there’s a very small hole through the peg and the end of the string passes through that hole, and then the string is wrapped around the peg as it turns, every peg in a violin has that little hole. So the peg is inserted and if it’s well fitted it turns smoothly. This is only moderately fitted; I would say this would benefit from a fitting, it’s also possible to lubricate pegs and sometimes fiddlers would use a little bit of pencil lead which acts like graphite and can enable to turn a little more freely. There are some commercially available peg lubricating compounds and it’s arguable that they reduce the wear between the ebony of the peg or whatever the peg is made of and the maple of the peg box. Now I can put the other pegs in…there’s two and then we have a peg box with all four pegs installed in it."
eHow Article: How to Lubricate the Pegs of a Violin
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