{"id":1218,"date":"2024-01-04T10:04:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T15:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/?page_id=1218"},"modified":"2024-01-04T10:56:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T15:56:23","slug":"tuning-machines-for-mandolins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/lutherie\/materials-2\/tuning-machines\/tuning-machines-for-mandolins\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuning Machines &#8211; for Mandolins"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n\r\nThere are several brand-name manufacturers that make tuners for Mandolins. See <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandolincafe.com\/forum\/threads\/142588-Tuning-machines-whats-your-favorite-and-why\">this discussion thread at Mandolin Cafe<\/a> for some thoughts on the relative merits of each.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nFor brevity, however, I have complied a list:\r\n\r\n \r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/alessituningmachines.it\/collection\/mandolins\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alessituningmachines.it\/collection\/mandolins\/\">Alessi<\/a> (the &#8220;Platinum Standard&#8221; &#8212; the Ferrari, because of the quality, the hand-building, and the $$$$price)<\/li>\r\n \r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rubnertuners.com\/hauser-style-for-guitar?category=A%20Style%20Mandolin%20Machines\">Rubners <\/a>(the Audi)<\/li>\r\n \r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stewmac.com\/parts-and-hardware\/tuning-machines\/mandolin-tuning-machines\/?productFacets=Brands%3AWaverly&amp;productSortBy=Bestsellers#product\">Waverly <\/a>(\u00a0&#8220;Gold Standard&#8221; of mass produced &#8211; the Camaro) (Owned by StewMac)<\/li>\r\n \r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/schaller.info\/en\/gt-mandolin\/356\/grandtune-mandolin-a-style-non-reverse?c=31\">Schaller <\/a>(Gold-plated standard &#8212; the quality difference is huge and obvious once you look below the surface. They are good but never excellent. The Honda Accord\/Toyota Camry.)<\/li>\r\n \r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/g-gotoh.com\/productList\/for-mandolins\/?lang=en\">Gotoh <\/a>(Gold-plated standard &#8212; the quality difference is huge and obvious once you look below the surface. They are good but never excellent. The Honda Accord\/Toyota Camry.)<\/li>\r\n \r\n \t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grotro.com\/product-category\/companies\/grover-musical-products\/tuning-keys-grover-musical-products\/mandolin-tuning-keys-grover-musical-products\/\">Grover <\/a>(Gold-plated standard &#8212; the quality difference is huge and obvious once you look below the surface. They are good but never excellent. The Honda Accord\/Toyota Camry.)<\/li>\r\n \r\n \t<li>(Stew-Mac) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stewmac.com\/parts-and-hardware\/tuning-machines\/mandolin-tuning-machines\/golden-age-a-style-mandolin-tuners\/\">Golden Age<\/a> (?? not highly regarded&#8230;, especially considering the price)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\n\r\nI bought my fist set for my first Mando build from LMI, as they were a good deal at the time (on sale), but discovered as I started to get to the install process that there are a number of things that can make a set incompatible with others. Again, for brevity, I have compiled a table that lists the various parameters that affect compatibility. And for reference, my first set were actually Grover 304s. At a glance, the things that really matter (in order of criticality) are peg spacing, bushing size, and screw spacing.\r\n\r\n \r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n \t<li><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n \r\n\r\nTuner Maintenance\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nWhile we&#8217;re here, I came across this little nugget about tuner maintenance: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lutherie.net\/tuner.maintenance.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.lutherie.net\/tuner.maintenance.html<\/a>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several brand-name manufacturers that make tuners for Mandolins. See this discussion thread at Mandolin Cafe for some thoughts on the relative merits of each. For brevity, however, I have complied a list: I bought my fist set for my first Mando build from LMI, as they were a good deal at the time &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/lutherie\/materials-2\/tuning-machines\/tuning-machines-for-mandolins\/\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tuning Machines &#8211; for Mandolins<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":189,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1218","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1218"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1219,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1218\/revisions\/1219"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.wmercer.ca\/luthiers-log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}