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  2. Tuning mechanisms for stringed instruments - Wikipedia

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    "Peg dope" (also peg paste, peg stick, peg compound) is a substance used to coat the bearing surfaces [1] of the tapered tuning pegs of string instruments (mainly violins, violas, cellos, viols and lutes). Manufactured varieties are generally sold in either a small stick (resembling lipstick), a block, or as a liquid in a bottle. Commonly used ...

  3. Grover Musical Products, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Grover Musical Products, Inc., is an Ohio based American company that designs, imports, and distributes stringed instrument tuners (machine heads) for guitars, bass guitars, banjos, mandolins, dulcimers, ukuleles, and other instruments. Grover also imports and distributes tuning pegs for violins and bridges for five-string and tenor banjos.

  4. Tuning wrench - Wikipedia

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    T-shaped tuning wrench Traditional piano tuning levers Post-Medieval tuning hammer. A tuning wrench (also called a tuning lever or tuning hammer) is a specialized socket wrench used to tune string instruments, such as the piano, harp, and hammer dulcimer, that have strings wrapped around tuning pins.

  5. Machine head - Wikipedia

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    A machine head (also referred to as a tuning machine, tuner, or gear head) is a geared apparatus for tuning stringed musical instruments by adjusting string tension. Machine heads are used on mandolins, guitars, double basses and others, and are usually located on the instrument's headstock .

  6. Hammered dulcimer - Wikipedia

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    The hammered dulcimer (also called the hammer dulcimer) is a percussion-stringed instrument which consists of strings typically stretched over a trapezoidal resonant sound board. The hammered dulcimer is set before the musician, who in more traditional styles may sit cross-legged on the floor, or in a more modern style may stand or sit at a ...

  7. Yangqin - Wikipedia

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    If any dulcimer was to influence China by land, it is likely to be this instrument. The technical structure of the santur is different in the way the tuning pegs are place, the bridges and the mallets. The yangqin's tuning pins are set in parallel instead of a 90-degree angle down at the side.

  8. 7 Tips for Having More Energy - AOL

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    How to Have More Energy: 7 Tips. This article was reviewed by Craig Primack, MD, FACP, FAAP, FOMA. Life can get incredibly busy, and keeping up often hinges on having enough energy.

  9. Tuning pegs - Wikipedia

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    From the plural form: This is a redirect from a plural noun to its singular form.. This redirect link is used for convenience; it is often preferable to add the plural directly after the link (for example, [[link]]s).