Fake Rubner Tuners? do real Rubners have any identifying marks?

[Jesse Kinman]

Hi all, are there any words or markings on the front or back of Rubner mandolin tuners to identify them, that a fake might not have? Has anyone ever seen a set of fake Rubners?

These look awfully close to real Rubners to me, could they possibly not be?
Thanks in advance, Jesse

[MikeEdgerton]

Nobody, and I mean nobody would tool up to make fake Rubner tuners. Gotoh's don't have their name on them either. I don't think my Wavery mandolin tuners were marked.

I just checked my old style Schaller tuners. No marking. My Gibson Grover tuners, no markings.

I should add, the Rubner's I bought didn't have any markings and I bought them from Rubner.

[Skip Kelley]

Those are Rubner tuners! Why would you think that they are fake?

[mandroid]

If its high precision and hand made whats the issue?

[Eric Platt]

The Rubners that I purchased & installed this last week had no markings. Those look legit to me.

[Jill McAuley]

No markings on my Rubners either:

[colorado_al]

Those are Rubner tuners. Brushed nickel, worm under, with ebony buttons.
I don't think they are making that model any more.

Here is a picture of the similar brushed brass (worm over)

[Jesse Kinman]

Well I just bought them for $32 shipped, brand new off of eBay, before I posted this. They were listed as unbranded, so I thought they were maybe fake. I was willing to take a chance on them though.

[colorado_al]

Well I just bought them for $32 shipped, brand new off of eBay, before I posted this. They were listed as unbranded, so I thought they were maybe fake. I was willing to take a chance on them though.

Score!

[Jesse Kinman]

Thank you all for the assurance about these! I thought they looked really high quality to be fake, so I figured even if they were they’d be worth the $32 either way. Now comes the question, do I have these put on my new Tyler White and go with a nickel James Tailpiece, or do I go with gold Grover 309 with Ebony buttons??? Decisions decisions...lol. It will have tortoise binding, and I kinda think the gold would go better with that. I was wanting to get the brass Rubners Colorado Al posted, but I just realized they don’t make that model anymore.

[Marty Jacobson]

They still make that model, you just have to ask Kent for it. Send him an email and tell him what you want. info@rubnertuners.com
And nice score, you got a $95 set of tuners for $32.

[George R. Lane]

Well I just bought them for $32 shipped, brand new off of eBay, before I posted this. They were listed as unbranded, so I thought they were maybe fake. I was willing to take a chance on them though.

Yes! Put those on your new mandolin. They are far superior to the 309's, I just put a set of brushed brass on my Yellowstone, they are smooth.

[Ivan Kelsall]

If there were any identifying markings on the genuine tuners,you can bet that they would be forged as well. Very often we simply have to trust the retailers & hope that they haven't been conned !,
Ivan

[MikeEdgerton]

It looks like the person that sold those tuners buys estates and such. He had a few other odd musical instrument parts but now enough to think he was in that business. I would have bought them. It was a good score.

[Jesse Kinman]

They still make that model, you just have to ask Kent for it. Send him an email and tell him what you want. info@rubnertuners.com
And nice score, you got a $95 set of tuners for $32.

Thanks! I emailed him last night and he replied this morning and said their F style tuners were currently getting a gearing upgrade and wouldn’t be available for a few more months at least. I hadn’t thought to email and see if they had any not listed. I might just settle for these nickel ones if I can’t find brass ones in time tho.