Drop-in tuner replacement for late '22 F2?

[danb]

Does anyone know of a replacement set that will fit the peghead of a '22 F2 (wiggle end waverlies as pictured here)

[pfox14]

These are not easy to find. I'm looking for a set of Waverly "A" mando tuners and not having much luck. The Golden Age "F" tuners that StewMac sells look like post-1923 Waverlies, with the fleur-de-lis ends and screw on buttons.

[danb]

The golden age tuners will drop in nice for an A mandolin (the wiggle end plates like on my f2).. Don will make a custom set of F tuners from those as well, but I thought there might be a cosmetically inferior but functionally superior choice out there

[pianoman89]

The golden age tuners will drop in nice for an A mandolin (the wiggle end plates like on my f2).. Don will make a custom set of F tuners from those as well, but I thought there might be a cosmetically inferior but functionally superior choice out there

Wow that's good to know. Any idea of the pricing for that?

[mandroid]

ask at Stew Mac Directly? the Golden age are coming across the pacific from ROC, I thought.
maybe a little removing and resettint thje swaged in shaft journals gets the job done



theres those custom hand made italian ones too ,{whassisname)


Does The new CNC $500 Waverly make old and current spaced tuners ?

[danb]

Wow that's good to know. Any idea of the pricing for that?

http://www.stewmac.com/Hardware_and_..._Mandolin.html

[danb]

theres those custom hand made italian ones too ,{whassisname)

Ah.. Alessi.. good idea! His tuners are gorgeous. I will see if he has a design for the older spacing



Link for others interested:
http://www.alessituningmachines.it/MANDOLINO.htm

[danb]

Kind of funny I didn't think of him already. We met up in London a few years ago and I got an F set for an eventual H5..

[pianoman89]

http://www.stewmac.com/Hardware_and_..._Mandolin.html

I am familiar with the Golden Age tuners, but I was asking about how much he charges to convert them to F style, if you happened to know.

[danb]

He quoted me $450, though this was a year ago

[mandroid]

I believe Mr Alessi does everything, himself . not convert the Stew Mac .

but if you want the backing plate to Look like the one pictured , that may be accommodated for you ,
it is a custom made item after all ..

[Hendrik Ahrend]

Nicolo is a great guy and makes very nice tuners, if you wish, to your specs. Look at these (Loar type, for sale BTW):

Note that this (his recent) system would require enlarging the tuning post holes on the backside of the old mando's head stock for a few mms in depth.