Fine tuner for violin in the gold plated version. It clips onto the tailpiece and adjusts more finely than the peg allows.
- For fitting onto the tailpiece
- When the screw reaches its end, reset the peg and bring the fine tuner back to the middle.
- When fitting, check that the string hook matches the string: ball ends and loop ends need different hooks.
Technical data
| Instrument | Violin |
| Version | gold plated |
| Mounting | on the tailpiece |
| Item number | ZF-6811 |
Features
- For violin
- Gold plated version
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.
Sound and physics
The fine tuner adjusts the steel E string more finely than the peg allows, through an L-shaped lever with an adjusting screw. Our screw head measures 7.87 millimetres, and the thread is precision-cut.
In the Götz design the lever keeps the E string on the tailpiece saddle, like the G, D and A strings. The E string thus has the same afterlength as the other three, our 55 millimetres on a 4/4 violin. Our black fine tuner with gilded screw, ZF-6807G, weighs 3 grams, less than the 4 to 5 grams the materials literature gives for brass fine tuners. In the understanding of violin making it therefore damps this vibrating string section less than a heavier brass fine tuner.
It is made in Markneukirchen from brass with a steel lever, now in lead-free brass CuZn21Si3P instead of CuZn39Pb3. The ZF-6811 is fully plated in real gold, the ZF-6810 in real silver, the ZF-6807 is black and the ZF-6807G black with a gilded screw; the mechanism is the same on all. It is built for loop-end E strings.
Our experience
Our experience: we deliver most of our violins with a lever fine tuner and a loop-end E string. If you would like more than one fine tuner, we recommend two, for example on A and E, rather than four. The silver-plated ZF-6810 is the same fine tuner as its siblings; in our assessment the finish makes at most minimal differences in resonance.
When another model suits you better
If you play with fine tuners on all four strings, a tailpiece with integrated fine tuners such as the Wittner ULTRA is a fine choice; the violin-making literature regards it as acoustically more favourable than four single fine tuners.
Frequently asked questions
Does the Götz fine tuner take ball-end strings?
No, it is built for loop-end strings. On the A string it works if the string has a loop or a removable ball.
Do I need a string protector for the loop?
No, our fine tuners do not need a string protector.
Does the tailpiece have to come off to change the fine tuner?
The change is simplest with the tailpiece taken off. Place a cloth under the tailpiece on the top, so that a dropped fine tuner does not strike the varnish.
These texts hold decades of experience and a great deal of heart. They are protected by copyright, C.A. Götz jr. GmbH. Please ask us before any use. Thank you for your appreciation.
