Customer Reviews

Wittner 4/4 Violin Ultra Composite Tailpiece with 4-tuners and Nylon Tailgut

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Produced from synthetic materials, this violin tailpiece with integral fine-tuners is a great adjunct to the aging Casperi pegs on my 1961 E.H.Roth violin. I installed it early summer 2010, and have used it with great pleasure since then. For all but the most discerning ebony purists, I highly recommend this excellent, light-weight, and reasonably-priced violin tailpiece with all four fine tuners built into it. This item is additionally furnished with a good-quality threaded nylon gut and two brass nuts. This testimonial is freely provided for the benefit of my fellow musicians.

Wayne Warmack
Institute for Music Worship & The Arts, Bella Vista AR
Arkansas Philharmonic, Bentonville Arkansas
Fort Smith Symphony Orchestra(AR)

I'd rate myself as an intermediate-level violinist. I started playing violin eighteen years ago, but I really only have about 3-4 years experience. I'm actually a professional audio technician, by trade. I acquired an older violin with a loop-E string adjustment and no other adjustment, besides the pegs. With the crazy temperature and humidity changes of the location that I live, it's difficult to moderate. With this purchase, I also got peg drops. I've never used them before, but I'm convinced within a day of ownership that these were good buys! I don't have to specify "Loop E" when I buy new strings.

Despite what others may say, I believe this is of good quality material, and looks good with the ebony scheme of parts on a violin. Just a tip, when installing, loosen your higher strings first and work down. You could put too much stress on a string and pop it! (Benefit from my mistake!!)

I'm VERY happy to be able to fine-tune all my strings now!

I purchased this tailpiece for a violin that I made. Being a beginning violin student it is a great help to have fine tuners on all strings. So far it seems to work well, stays in tune, etc.

This plastic tailpiece replaced the ancient and worn wood tailpiece on an ancient and worn fiddle given to me by a neighbor. After completing repair and restoration, the fiddle is now easy to tune. Educated violinists look down their noses at four-tuner tailpieces, but fiddlers are more interested in easily tuning and then playing their beat-up old instruments, and this talpiece is a quick and simple solution to tuning problems.

Well, I got this Witter tailpiece and when arrived one of the fine tuners was broken. I don't want to pay any more in S&H so I have installed it in my violin. I got a new fine tuner (screw) and I'm playing but still i don't know the difference between my old tailpiece and this new one. Arrived very fast.

This is a fantastic piece for a violin -very well made. What was impressive was how quickly it arrived without any extra charges. What a nice surprise that was.

The product says "space age material" but it does look kind of cheap plasticky.. even the string holder is not made of a sturdy metallic substance either. It seems to be made of the plastic.

However, the product overall does its job, and when someone looks on from a distance they may not be able to tell that this is made of "space age material".

The fine tuning screws definitely are smooth and do their job. I've had this only for a few hours - so, I have no idea about its longevity.