How Do You Change The Strings On A Violin Or Fiddle?
• ONLY DO ONE STRING AT A TIME! If you do this, it is very hard to mess up, because you will be able to see how the old string was installed. Also, removing all of the strings at once may cause the soundpost to fall (it is held in place by the pressure from the strings), which can seriously damage the instrument. Changing more than one string in a day can also be bad for the violin. ONLY DO ONE STRING AT A TIME! • Remove the old string. Loosen it by twisting its tuning peg in the appropriate direction, and pull the string out of the hole in the tuning peg. Then unhook the other end from the fine tuner, or from its hole in the tailpiece if there is no fine tuner. • Install the new string. Insert the ball-less end of the string into the hole in the tuning peg, and push it all the way through, so that about 2 cm of it sticks out the other side. Bend this end back, so that the string does not come out of the hole easily. Place the ball end of the string into its fine tuner, or the hole in
