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| | Machine head at AllExperts (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | A machine head, also called a tuner, tuning peg, or tuning machine, is part of a guitar or similar instrument, an apparatus for tensioning and thereby tuning a string, usually located at the headstock. |
 | | Traditionally, a single machine head consists of a pin, mounted at the centre of a pinion gear, a knob or "button" and a worm gear that links them. |
 | | However, such machine heads reached limited success, mostly because of their price: as of 2006, locking ones are about 50% more expensive than original. |
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