Everer since i got my first gurdy 20 years ago [a Chris Eaton] people kept warning me that the mechanical tuners can shear-off inside, well it has happened on my Boudet. The chrome wheel at the top of the tuner has broken-off and left the tuner with no strength to hold a D drone to tension.

Has anyone else who has had this problem come up with a temporary solution?

So far I have changed the petit bourdon to the gross bourdon position.

I am off to Ars [Saint Chartier] tomorrow so will hopefully get Monsieur Boudet to replace the tuner with one that matches, that is if he still uses the same ones.

Philip G Martin aka Drohne
www.drohne.co.uk