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Lots of players make little marks on their banjo heads to save time in relocating the bridge after changing strings:




Now its time to wind things up at the other end.

Most banjos have geared tuners these days, but the old timers like this S.S.Stewart had "friction pegs" with no gearing:

There are no gears; the string tension is held by the friction of the peg tightened against the wood of the peghead. That's why we call the tuners on banjos "pegs" even today.

With the string firmly attached to the tailpiece just pass the string through the hole in the tuner post:

Hold up a little slack on the string with one hand as you work at the peg with the other.


Bring the free end of the string down between the pegs:




And around the post, underneath the string:



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