Originally Posted by
peter.coombe
I have used quite a few of the Schaller GandTune tuners now and they can be stiff if not installed correctly. They are not usually stiff out of the box and if they are, they are probably an early set, Schaller seem to have solved that problem with the latest sets I have. If they are stiff out of the box then I would send them back, they should be smooth and easy to turn out of the box. The earlier sets I had were super critical of hole spacing, and I just about gave up on them, they were such a pain to install. They do improve with a bit of lubrication, as already said. However, the last few sets have been excellent. Very smooth and not stiff out of the box nor on the mandolin. I would be hard pressed to tell them apart from Waverlys. Problem is, it is hard to tell if you have the most recent unless you get them direct from Schaller, and even then there might be a few older sets of the less popular configurations.
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