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this is a great thread, wish it was around when i was in college and really into this kind of stuff. if anyone is interested in balalaika, in my limited experience it is hard to find ones with decent tuners. i got a nice balalaika from a relative in moscow but the machines were terrible by guitar (my main instrument) standards. i found some better replacement tuners here http://www.imperskaya.com/tuning_pegs.htm but you have to check the peg spacing, etc. there's a lot of variation in balalaika design. i had to slightly modify the headstock of mine to make it work. now i just have to figure out how to chord with my thumb without developing CTS.
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TapTheForwardAssist posted:Great find, dude! lovely tuners are all too common, but on a lot of instruments really easy to replace; balalaika not so much since you need a really long shaft on the lowest key. If folks can't find tuners that fit right, and have a not-valuable balalaika, you can always just get some decent banjo or ukulele friction tuners, since those just go straight through the back and so the wide head won't matter: i was actually about ready to give up and use banjo tuners on my balalaika when i found that site. the stock tuners were that bad. had to grind down the headstock and the baseplate on those replacement tuners but it ended up working great.
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