F Style Mandolin Tuners Help.!

[ukmando]

Hello,
I'm sorry if this has been covered before, but I'm after some advice. I want to up grade my tuners on my F style mandolin to a mid range tuner which is smooth in operation and a decent quality. I've seen several for sale on Elderly for around the $50 to $75 range which is around my budget. Really i want to know the best ones to go for, for my money.
Thanks

[Perry Babasin]

I've always liked Grover 309's (and still do), but I recently put some Stew-Mac Golden-age tuners http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tuners/M...in_Tuners.html, and I've been very impressed with their operation and ability to hold tuning very well. At first they were very tight, before I put them on the instrument I oiled and cranked each with a tuning crank, and I love them.

[mandroid]

have Schallers in various configurations A and F.

but consider the ones you have may be fine ,

they just bind because the holes in the headstock are off a bit.

so the next ones will not improve that .. trouble-shoot the installation first.

[EdHanrahan]

The gospel (of tuners) according to Paul (Hostetter), a member & frequent poster here.

http://www.lutherie.net/tuner.maintenance.html

[ukmando]

Thanks for the info

[Ivan Kelsall]

If the mandolinin your Avatar is a Summit mandolin,thenthe tuners should be really good quality. I've played a couple of Summit instruments & the tuners were first rate in operation. It might be worth while taking a look at Frank Ford's 'Frets.com.' website as well as Paul Hostetter's site = 2 lots of advice.Before i knew of Paul's excellent tuner advice,i did the 'Frets.com.' ''tune up your gears' bit on both my instruments & they're as smooth as silk.
http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Musi...geartune3.html
A Cafe colleague from Scotland has a Summit that he bought from TAMCO a while ago, & he's never mentioned any trouble with the tuners. They most likely just need a bit of TLC. Paul Schneider, the builder of the Summits,is a great luthier,so i doubt the tuners are of 'poor' quality,
Ivan