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Yeah, without any gearing, it's just the radius of the pin and the angle that you turn it that will affect what it does to the string tension; I don't see how the thread coarseness can matter. Well, I suppose technically a coarser thread will move the string closer to the instrument as you tighten i...

By "easier to tune", do you mean "physically easier to turn the pins"?

Well, the kit arrived, and I also got a Viking and Gewa zither pin, for science. Unfortunately, while the kit and Viking are 5mm RH thread, I could only get a Gewa 5.5mm LH thread at a sensible price. DSC_0591.jpg IMG20231011221824c.jpg From left to right in the first picture: The kit came with 7 pi...

Hi folks, I'm planning to build a simple lyre, probably similar in design to the cheap ones that Amazon and the like are full of. i.e. roughly 40cm x 26cm x 3cm (15" x 10" x 1"), diatonic C scale with at least 16 strings G3-A5. I've never done anything like this before, so I was wonde...