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aurian23 |
Good Morning,
Recently I restored a banjo. Its not an expensive one, just a Silvertone 4 string tenor banjo. As part of the restore I replaced all of the tuners, the strings, head, hooks, and tail piece. It turned out nice, but I'm having trouble getting it to stay in tune for any length of time. I've read a number of the posts on tuning that suggest replacing strings and tuners, but those things are all new. Where I think the problem might be, and I wanted some thoughts on this, is that the tailpiece might be too high and not holding the right tension. Here's my reasoning. The banjo was built around 1965 give or take, the original tailpiece was in pretty rusty shape when I got the banjo. So I replaced it, but the tailpiece I replaced it with is slightly taller than the original. When you look at the strings coming across the bridge, they are almost level with the tailpiece. I'm only recently taking up banjo, but play bass. What I note on my bass is that the strings bend down across the bridge to the tailpiece, unlike my banjo. So my question, is am I headed in the right direction in terms of solving the tuning problem. Physics would suggest that there should be some kind of downward pressure on the strings to keep them tight enough. I'm considering putting the old bridge back on to see if that cures the issue. Any thoughts or suggestions would be helpful.
Johnny
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