Fine tuner by Wittner for violin and viola. It clips onto the tailpiece and adjusts the pitch more finely than the peg allows.
- For fitting onto the tailpiece
- Wittner in Isny, founded 1895, today a division of Gewa Music GmbH
Technical data
| Instrument | Violin and viola |
| Mounting | on the tailpiece |
| Country of manufacture | Germany |
Features
- Fine tuner for violin and viola
In practice
- A fine tuner belongs on any string the peg cannot regulate finely enough. With steel strings that is the rule, with gut strings the exception.
- The screw must never be wound down so far that it touches the top. When removing or fitting a fine tuner, a cloth under the tailpiece protects the varnish of the top.
- When the screw reaches its end, reset the peg and bring the fine tuner back to the middle.
Versions
- 4/4 + 3/4 Nickel plated, WIT-902
- 4/4 + 3/4 Black, WIT-902-3
- 4/4 + 3/4 Black + gold screw, WIT-902064
- 1/2 + 1/4 Black, WIT-903044
- 1/2 + 1/4 (gut strings) Nickel plated, WIT-907014
- Universal Nickel plated, WIT-911014
- Universal Black, WIT-911044
- Universal Black + gold screw, WIT-911064
Sound and physics
Wittner fine tuners adjust steel strings more finely than the peg allows, through an L-shaped lever with an adjusting screw. For the damping of the string section between bridge and tailpiece, the fine tuner's weight is what counts: the materials literature gives typical weights of around 5 grams for steel fine tuners, 4 to 5 grams for brass and around 2 grams for titanium.
With four fine tuners, a tailpiece with integrated tuners is considered acoustically more favourable than four clip-on ones.
Our experience
Our experience: lower strings only fit the Wittner 902 if their end is bent open a little; for them we have traditionally offered the nickel-plated fine tuner ZF-4605.
When another model suits you better
For the loop-end E string on the violin we recommend our Götz fine tuner, which keeps the E string on the saddle and so gives it the same afterlength as G, D and A.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a fine tuner for gut strings?
Yes, the Wittner 907 for the 1/2 and 1/4 violin is designed for gut strings.
How many fine tuners do I need?
Where needed we recommend two, for example on A and E, rather than four.
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