What is the purpose for the fine adjusters on a string instrument?

The little screws on the tailpiece of your stringed instrument are a convenient invention. When you try to tune your strings perfectly, the fine tuners save the day. Turn them clockwise to ever so slightly raise the pitch or the opposite to lower it.

1. What are fine tuners used for?
2. What do fine tuners do on a violin?
3. Do fine tuners affect violin sound?

What are fine tuners used for?

Specially designed, small tuners present on most locking tremolo bridges. In guitars with locking tremolo systems, tuning is initially done with the standard tuners (usually) on the guitar's headstock , and then the nut is clamped or locked down to hold the strings in place.

What do fine tuners do on a violin?

Fine tuners work for small adjustments to synthetic and even gut strings, and many players, even professionals, find them convenient. For years, steel violin strings were associated with shrill sound and cheap student instruments, which may be part of the source of the “real violinists don't use fine tuners” mentality.

Do fine tuners affect violin sound?

The mass that fine tuners add to the tailpiece affect the sound. 2. The shortening of the string afterlength due to add-on fine tuners affect the sound.