High-Quality Violin Pegs

Good pegs must hold firmly yet turn with control. Wooden models in ebony, rosewood or boxwood – sometimes with Hill collar or Paris eye – shape the look of the scroll and may need peg compound or professional refitting. Fine-tuning pegs make retuning easier without a classic friction cone.

Choose shape and wood to match the rest of the fittings. A set of pegs should look consistent and hold the strings securely. Sticky or slipping pegs often improve with care; for fit problems, a luthier is safer than forcing the scroll.

Complement with care including peg compound, and end buttons for a coherent set of fittings.