The Original Peg Drops by Ardsley - 0.33 Fl. Oz. (2-Pack)

Excellent product. I sell about 300 string instruments a year, many are lower priced Chinese beginner violins. I have found that well over 75% have pegs that slip. Up until the time that I began to apply these peg drops to every beginner or fractional sized violin, viola or cello I sold I would get far to many calls complaining about slipping pegs. Now I apply them to every instrument I sell except high grade instruments with properly tapered and fitted pegs. The complaints about slipping pegs have stopped. What will never stop is buyers who know nothing about violins who think a three hundred dollar violin should sound like a two million dollar Strad, or private teachers who expect parents to spend thousands on an instrument that their child will either outgrow or give up in a year. That's my rant for today. But really I would not suggest using these of high end instruments but for the average beginner low priced or intermediate level Chinese violin, viola or cello a pound of prevention is well worth it, and I don't have to deal with screaming parents on the phone, I buy six bottles at a time to be sure I don't run out, especially in back to school busy selling season

I have a poor quality cello. [truly better than nothing, but *maybe* school grade] For YEARS I have been fighting the A string peg. I have a fine tuner for each string. Before I could play, I'd have to release the A string finer tuner all the way and then fiddle [haha] with the A string peg for ten minutes to bring the string into tune. VERY frustrating. Saw this product and thought, well, it's not that expensive so if it doesn't work....and ordered it. Let it sit on the counter a day or two, truly had no hope that it would help.Ued it this afternoon, instructions are very easy to follow. I am typing with tears in my eyes I am so thrilled, it starts working within minutes. The instructions say it will continue to work. I just played for a half hour and did not have to stop and play with the fine tuner, the A string is still in perfect pitch. I AM THRILLED. TYTYTYTYTYTYTY :-) If I have anything negative to report I'll amend my review, but I am so happy :-) [a photo of the item included with review, you receive a bottle of The Original Peg Drops in a plastic case, and instructions]

I was having problems with slipping pegs on my cello - particularly the C & G strings. A bit with the D. The A was good. A few drops as advised and all was better for many months. But it seems that over the course of the summer my D peg has permanently set itself in place. I can't imagine (though I admit no specific recollection) that I used too many drops on the D peg. It wasn't my worst offender. (For what it is worth I live in New England and the dryness of winter is cruel to all my instruments. They preferred the southern U.S. climate. Humidipacks and cases required in the dry months.)I tried gently tapping the peg out with a padded punch and rubber mallet. No luck. I covered the peg head with a towel and tried to use a vice clamp to turn in the direction of releasing the string. The peg head began to shear and shred. In the end, my wood working friend helped me remove the stuck peg via hacksaw, drills, rasp, files, and dental pick! Since I am down one peg I am considering moving over to the very modern planetary geared pegs. I suspect I will avoid peg drops though.

these are wonderful, but don't forget to use plain white blackboard chalk to finish off the pegs before re-inserting them. These peg drops are wonderful, but by themselves are too good because they make it easy to 'lock' the pegs in place and will need a skillful hand to pull 'out' slightly when re-adjusting in order to get the pegs to move. This is all resolved by using the peg drops and then wiping the surface of the peg where it goes into the peg box on the violin to dry, then scrub the peg contact surface with regular white blackboard chalk to finish. The chalk will allow the pegs to be moved more easily, but still not so easily that they will lose tuning. Chalk is the substance that is used by professional luthiers and so can be used by the violinist who wants to maintain the pegs in good tuning order.

My back up violin is a pretty expensive one, and the pegs would slip quite a bit, which my other violin (much less expensive) didn't have a problem with. I got these drops, and now both violins can hold a tune for days on end. This stuff works really well, and it's easy to apply. I strongly recommend it before changing pegs or paying for more expensive solutions.

I ordered this and used 2 drops. There's enough in this bottle to pass around and share with an orchestra. I can't imagine ever using all of this bottle in a life time. It worked almost too well. Before the violin would slip out of tune. After using this I could barely tune the thing, because it was so hard to make adjustments. I'm glad I ordered it but I'd recommend using the smallest amount you can possibly use and adding more as needed. I think the directions say that and I thought a drop was a small amount. Wrong. Like just a dot would have worked! I'd definitely order it again but probably will have this bottle for years. I'm assuming it would keep things from slipping for quite a long time.

Works like a dream! My 13 year old has been taking violin for a couple years. The pegs on my his violin were super tight which made tuning was a pain. We'd have to use a little extra force to turn a peg but then it would be too much and over compensate...frustrating. We were discussing this with his instructor and she said mentioned peg drops. I ordered them that day and took them back with us to the next lesson where his instructor proceeded to show us how they were used. All I can say is...Wish we'd know about this sooner! The drops make tuning a much smoother process with less friction between the peg and voilin.

Works great on all string instruments