soprano tuners

gspears · Jan 10, 2015

Hi all. I ordered a soprano kit for my wife to build. its nothing fancy. More of an art project. The friction tuners it comes with are terrible. I'm looking for recommendations for replacement tuners. I would prefer them not be friction tuners if possible unless there is an actual good friction tuner out there. Don't want them to be too heavy either.

Thanks, Greg

sequoia · Jan 10, 2015

Below is a link to some tuners... I've never used them so can't say if they are any good.

http://www.stewmac.com/Hardware_and...s/Ukulele/Grover_Ukulele_Tuning_Machines.html

lauburu · Jan 10, 2015

I've used the Grover tuners from Stewmac on a few tenor ukuleles and found them to be very good value for money. Haven't tried them on sopranos so can't comment on how they'd work aesthetically.
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komedy · Jan 11, 2015

some option would be gotoh UPT or peghead tuners. other then that any open gear tuners like grovers V97 V98 will work.

greenscoe · Jan 11, 2015

I've put the Grover sta-tites on a soprano. They looked good and I don't think they are too heavy for a soprano. If you don't like friction tuners, I think Grovers are hard to beat unless you want something very cheap (Chinese made tuners off Ebay).

Take note that these Grover tuners can be bought with 2 different spindle lengths. For a soprano I expect the shorter one is for you (its all about the head thickness).

gspears · Jan 13, 2015

I have used the Grover's several times on my tenors. I have not built Sopranos before, so I wanted some feedback regarding the weight. I like the look of the Gotoh UPT as well. Thank you all for the info.

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