The German carbon violin maker mezzo-forte - by the way, that's one hell of an innovation - uses Wittner fine tuning pegs: > The Wittner Fine Tune pegs retain

The German carbon violin maker mezzo-forte - by the way, that's one hell of an innovation - uses Wittner fine tuning pegs: > The Wittner Fine Tune pegs retain the traditional hardwood appearance demanded by professional musicians while offering a unique internal gearing system that makes them a revelation to use. I'm thinking about buying some of those pegs myself. I saw them for 80 Euros for a violin. They come in two sizes, 7.8 mm and 8.6 mm. When I read violin forums it's often about name dropping. Who made the instrument? How ancient is it? When I bought my first violin I told them my upper limit and to give me instruments without telling me anything at all about them. I tried about 8 different ones for two hours and ended up spending 1000 Euros (just the pure instrument without anything else, well, strings of course, Thomastik Dominant). I never looked at any of them closely, not even the one I ended up buying. Only when I was back home did I really have a look at what I bought. Until then I only cared about how it felt and how it sounded. I considered a Mezzo-Forte (carbon) but thought I'm not advanced enough to be able to make good decision (yet), besides, it would have cost 2400 Euros, quite a bit more. What I read about that carbon instrument was pretty positive - pretty much all negative comments were almost all along the line "it's not traditional", often without even having ever tried one. https://www.mezzo-forte.de/en/ https://www.mezzo-forte.de/en/ https://www.simplyforstrings.com.au/blog/wittner-finetune-pegs-make-their-mark/ https://www.simplyforstrings.com.au/blog/wittner-finetune-pe... https://www.thomann.de/gb/wittner_violin_tuning_pegs_4_4_78.htm?ref=intl&shp=eyJjb3VudHJ5IjoiZ2IiLCJjdXJyZW5jeSI6IjIiLCJsYW5ndWFnZSI6ImVuIn0%3D https://www.thomann.de/gb/wittner_violin_tuning_pegs_4_4_78.... (linking only the 7.8 mm version)