Mr. Levy, extremely thankful for your continuous service to Hindustani classical music. I have been struggling with keeping my (Nepali style) sarangi in tune. I got it from an authentic manufacturer in Nepal and the instrument is high quality but unfortunately I’m a novice when it comes to traditional string instruments. Your videos are a godsend. My sarangi has been sitting untouched for months now because I wasn’t able to fix the slippage on the pegs. Will try to follow your tips and hopefully I can get back to practicing again. With sincere gratitude, SK
Hello Prajukta, thank you for enquiring. Just go to a good music store and buy the solid violin bow rosin. I usually take a small plastic bag with the click system. I put half of the solid rosin in the bag and with a hammer gently hit the rosin until it is completely powered. Then I put the powder in a small container. This is very cheap and it lasts for years. I prefer it to chalk, as some chalk has added wax. Please remember to use the rosin sparingly. If you use too much, remove it lightly with a fine sand paper and try again. Good luck
Hello Shikhar, One can come across various problems with slipping pegs... 1/ use chalk without wax, as wax will tend to slip. 2/ If the problem continues, remove the chalk from the peg with fine sandpaper. You can then try again with wax free chalk or powdered bow rosin. 3/ if the problem it not solved, then clean the inside of the peg holes of chalk or rosin residue. And try again. 4/ check also that the peg hole has no cracks in the wood. This is a common problem and caused by pushing the slipping peg too hard into the peg hole. This needs to be repaired by a professional. I hope this helps you.
As mentioned in the video, one can use a non waxed chalk, or as I prefer, finely grounded violin bow rosin, which is available at most musical instrument stores. The grounded rosin is stronger than chalk. Be careful not to use too much as it will become difficult to turn the peg. In that case, remove some of the rosin with sand-paper.
Mr. Levy, extremely thankful for your continuous service to Hindustani classical music. I have been struggling with keeping my (Nepali style) sarangi in tune. I got it from an authentic manufacturer in Nepal and the instrument is high quality but unfortunately I’m a novice when it comes to traditional string instruments. Your videos are a godsend. My sarangi has been sitting untouched for months now because I wasn’t able to fix the slippage on the pegs. Will try to follow your tips and hopefully I can get back to practicing again.
With sincere gratitude,
SK
Thank you for your kind words SK. Good luck with your sarangi.
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Sir, i think violin rosin is a solid product as i searched upon it. Do we only require the powder or the solid one would do?
Hello Prajukta, thank you for enquiring. Just go to a good music store and buy the solid violin bow rosin. I usually take a small plastic bag with the click system. I put half of the solid rosin in the bag and with a hammer gently hit the rosin until it is completely powered. Then I put the powder in a small container. This is very cheap and it lasts for years. I prefer it to chalk, as some chalk has added wax. Please remember to use the rosin sparingly. If you use too much, remove it lightly with a fine sand paper and try again. Good luck
I have been trying to fix the peg for a long time, even applied chalk but it is not getting fixed, it has been 1 year.
Hello Shikhar,
One can come across various problems with slipping pegs...
1/ use chalk without wax, as wax will tend to slip.
2/ If the problem continues, remove the chalk from the peg with fine sandpaper. You can then try again with wax free chalk or powdered bow rosin.
3/ if the problem it not solved, then clean the inside of the peg holes of chalk or rosin residue. And try again.
4/ check also that the peg hole has no cracks in the wood. This is a common problem and caused by pushing the slipping peg too hard into the peg hole. This needs to be repaired by a professional.
I hope this helps you.
For slipping problem which method should i use? And which ingredients?
As mentioned in the video, one can use a non waxed chalk, or as I prefer, finely grounded violin bow rosin, which is available at most musical instrument stores. The grounded rosin is stronger than chalk. Be careful not to use too much as it will become difficult to turn the peg. In that case, remove some of the rosin with sand-paper.
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My tanpura pegs is tight not moving smoothly what shoud i do..
Dear Vivek, Watch the video carefully and follow the instructions. All the information you need is there.
Kya kya ingredients he ??
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@@tosslevyindianmusicalinstr5507 what material did you use for tight pegs ?
@@siddhipatwardhanindianclas8313 It's simply a special wax bought at the music instrument store
Polish paper Konsa chahiye ?
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Which polish paper I uses
@@tosslevyindianmusicalinstr5507 ok
@@siddhipatwardhanindianclas8313 About a 240 too 400 grain is sufficient