Pegbox tweak?

[polkat]

One violin I have has a nice, straight neck, but the pegbox is slightly twisted with the treble side slightly higher then the bass side. The violin is about 120 years old and I'm assuming that this resulted from decades of high E string tension (at least that's what it looks like-although I haven't seen this on many older violins). Then again, it may have been originally carved this way. It's not real bad but looks funny. Is there any fix for this short of a graft? Thanks!

[Brad Dorsey]

No.

[grajki]

I've seen a few like this.

Probably best to just leave it.

[Bill Yacey]

You'll disrupt the area tuning of the pegbox if you do anything to it.

[FiddleDoug]

I've got one that leans a bit. It doesn't cause any problems on mine. I'd say just leave it. A neck graft, or new neck, is a lot of work.

[lvlagneto]

A graft to fix something this subtle seems a bit heavy handed. Simply taking time to make setup tweaks to counter the twist should be enough.

[polkat]

I'll leave it be then. One can only see it from straight on anyway. Am I right in assuming it was string pressure, or just a bad carving?

[Brad Dorsey]

"Am I right in assuming it was string pressure, or just a bad carving?"

If the pegbox is twisted in relation to the neck, it was carved that way. If the pegbox is twisted in relation to the body, the neck was set into the body crooked. I doubt that string tension (not pressure) would be a factor.