Violin Forum/Message Board

Mat Roop · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:02 pm Post subject: violin endpin

Just spent some time extracting a stuck end pin.
Do you lubricate your violin endpins in any way? .. with pegdope maybe?
Just curious... Cheers, Mat

DonLeister · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:41 pm Post subject:

I like a little bit of talc.

Michael Darnton · Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:39 pm Post subject:

I often put a little peg dope on them, or wax, but not always. Usually I can get them out no matter what, so it's not something I think ahead about.

If you're talking about cello endpins, someone showed me a very clever way to get those out: extend the pin all the way, grab the end, and turn it like your cranking it (which means bending the endpin a half-inch or so, in all directions). That will get out the toughest cello pin pretty fast, usually.
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Mat Roop · Posted: Wed Nov 23, 2011 11:27 am Post subject:

Thanks for the ideas... I like the idea of peg dope only because there is the seam of the glue at the ribs and sometimes even a repaired seam in a previously split end block. I suppose in time and with humidity, some of this glue can migrate to the end pin and make it stick... this is especially true if you do a spiral bushing on the end pin hole. .... just did not want to create other problems.
Cheers, Mat