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The Balalaika Tuners are expertly crafted peg mechanisms designed for the Balalaika Prima, featuring a chrome-plated metal wing nut for precision tuning. With heights ranging from 6 cm to 4.5 cm and a full length of 9 cm, these pegs ensure a perfect fit and exceptional sound quality. Made in Russia, they come with 4 small nails for easy installation, making them a must-have for any serious musician.
R**R
Works
Decent quality tuners. I put these on my 1974 Lunacharsky (USSR) prima balalaika. This is a one piece assembly with three tuners on it, so you cannot change the distance between the tuners. The posts are spaced a little more widely than the factory tuners, so I had to enlarge the holes in the peghead. Unfortunately in the process I cracked the top. Should have just used a hand file rather than a power drill. Also the included screws are too long, they would have come out the other side of the peghead. I had some other screws that worked.
J**Y
The thickness of the headstock must be less than .75 cm or so...
These are fairly inexpensive, and the quality is reasonably good for the price, however, they didn't work for me. I have a Roosebeck prima - fairly decent instrument, attractive wood, etc., but not good pegs. The original pegs slip no matter how tight the screw is - tuned to pitch is very temporary. The peg spacing on these matches, so it seems like a win, but the pegs on these machines are short - under 2cm overall, about 1.25 cm from the plate to the string hole. My headstock is too thick. In fact, the hole doesn't even clear the top of the headstock. Measure carefully.
C**E
They worked, much better than the original tuners.
Only problem was the distance between the tuners was not the same as the original, so I had to modify the headstock of the balalaika so they would fit. I threw away the screws that came with these though, they were small and misshapen, I substituted guitar tuner screws.
C**G
Just a bit on the small side
Just a bit too small for my balalaika may have to do a little metal working to try and get them to fit
T**Y
Not necessarily the same as the original
Tuner pegs not the same distance apart. Will have to either modify the wood or find different set.
M**E
More then one line please
Works good
M**.
Works well
My wife bought my son a used Balaika on e-bay for Christmas. Great price because the peg heads were broken. There wasn't much choice and these appeared to be a match. Much to my disappointment, the new tuner didn't fit in the holes after I removed the old one. Fortunately, the match wasn't far off and I just drilled the holes a 1/6 diameter bigger and they fit, perfectly. Instrument now works, improved valued at a very reasonable cost
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