Arch wrote: >(Except that modern violins have those little "adjustors" that baroque >violins did not. I have seen some kids have four of them, one for each >string. I suspect that they only work with steel strings. Or perhaps >strings players who use gut string can tune on the fly.) I am a violin student. I've been playing for a year and a half. Those little "adjustors" are called fine tuners. They help me out a lot, because it's extremely difficult for me to tune my strings together using only the pegs, because of the extreme pressure I need to apply to the sides of the peg box in order to keep my pegs from slipping. I can only use the pegs when I have the scroll pressed against my face. I hope one day to overcome this embarassing handicap:)! I'm enjoying this list. Hello Jeff (TEXASJW)! Fia Maxwell <[log in to unmask]>