Geared and Friction Tuners

Bluke

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Are all friction tuners straight through 1:1, with no gearing? I already know about the PegHed units being geared, and I love them on my William King. I'm at the end of my rope with the banjo style tuners on my National Reso-Uke. I am thinking of installing Gotoh guitar style, but uke sized, geared tuners.
 
Gotoh

Just got a set from Hanalima for a tenor I built they look very nice (gold-amber) and have very little backlash compaired to the open back Grovers I have been using.
 
My further research has shown that all friction tuners are 1:1 by nature. It is a bitch fine tuning a uke with them. Ukes need tuning constantly, especially after a string change. I am only using geared tuners now. Banjos, with much longer strings, are not so negatively affected.
 
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