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Geared pegs for [[violin family]] instruments also exist, although they have not gained wide use, which has to do with the extensive and irreversible physical modification that must be made to the peg box in order to mount them, which is often viewed as ruining the aesthetics of the instrument, combined with a bad reputation they acquired due to poorly designed early models that were prone to failure (e.g. Stripped Gears), often with catastrophically damaging results, though they've made improvements to them & are being used on Electric Bowed instruments (e.g. Viper Violin, Cobra Cello from Wood Violins)
 
The most recently marketed geared pegs of this sort use [[planetary gears]] designed to fit inside a case shaped like a friction peg. They have seen some adoption as they look almostidentical exactly liketo friction pegs (but w/ the Gears inside), require no more modification of the instrument than ajust newchanging setout ofthe tuners, and makeeliminating fine tuners unnecessaryfrom the tailpiece which alsolike on a Baroque Stringed instrument livens up the sound by allowing the top to vibrate more freely exactly like on a Baroque stringed instrument since their tailpieces don't have fine tuners either. They are also durable and less sensitive to changes in temperature and humidity.<ref>{{cite web |title=Information – Perfection pegs |url=https://perfectionpegs.twofold.com.au/information/ |website=perfectionpegs.twofold.com.au |access-date=10 August 2019}}</ref> They are popular on banjos.<ref>{{cite web |title=Banjo Tuning Pegs Planetary vs Geared |url=https://www.folkmusician.com/blogs/blog/banjo-tuning-pegs-planetary-vs-geared |website=Folkmusician |language=en |date=30 March 2018}}</ref> AAll lotthat ofsaid Violinists,a Violists,luthier &named CellistsBodo areVosshenrich startinguses toGeared realizetuners thatwhen Gearedhe pegsbuilds saveBowed theinstruments pegfor boxpracticality from wearing outreasons.
 
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