I thought someone would want to put an old accessory on their old banjo. I was either wrong or overpriced. Please let me know that I was wrong or make me a viable offer. Thanks
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Those are not Pittman tuners. Not even close. Pittman tuners were made in SoCal by Walt Pittmn. He custom-installed the ones on my old Gibson, and as far as I know did the same with others, including Earl’s set. So.thhe misidentification might be part of your selling problem.
@Pauls Pretty Good Stuff
Bill is right, they're not Pittman's. The Piedmont Manufacturing Co. in Lynchburg, VA only made these for a few years for good reason. The idea was that you could install them without drilling holes in the peghead and you would have the capability of regular D-tuners. In theory that worked, in practice, it did not. They are a nice novelty, but they leave a lot to be desired as D-tuners. There's no feasible way to set the stops and they feel very rough when you are turning them. Plus, those long cams have to be set the same way as Kluson D tuners, by adjusting the length of the cams. Those long cams magnified the tuning problems by quite a bit. A much more efficient way to set D-tuners is to adjust the length of the swing like Hopper's tuners or Cheat-a-Keys.
Edited by - Culloden on 09/05/2026 09:19:25
Gentlemen, Thanks for the news, I needed that information. I wasn't trying to screw anyone; I should have dug for more information before listing what I thought was proper. They're down now. Paul
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