I received and electric violin for Christmas today, and I realize it was out of tune. So, when I went to tune it, I twisted the knobs and played an open note on the string until it sounded right. However, when I got the right pitch and let go of the knob, the knob would simply bounce back, as if the string were rubber. I'm skilled as a musician with piano, but nothing regarding violin. I was wondering if someone could help me or if they've expirience a similar problem with a guitar or other string instrument.
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I think you kinda need to break in the strings for awhile before they'll stay in place on their own, but I'm not sure.. -
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Yeah, I had a fickle violin for a while. Just keep retuning it. It sometimes takes anywhere from 10-25 minutes to get it to stay where you want. String instruments have it bad sometimes.And the pea mocks me.
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So all of your questions have been answered then? Eh?Comment
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Electric violin? Sweet man. I play normal violin
Anyway, like massflavour said, you'll have to break the strings in before they'll stay put. Also, you might have to push the pegs in a bit. Just keep playing and retuning until they behave lol- Retired Stepman
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15 year violinist here.
if they're bouncing back right away, you have to kind of push the peg into the neck a little bit. if they're just generally slowly going flat that's just how strings are.Back to "Back to Earth"
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