Patent ID: 8710339

Claim:
A tuning peg for a stringed instrument having a winding section on which a string runs, and a fastening means for fixing a free end of the string wherein the fastening means comprises the following elements: i) a clamping element; ii) an abutment section on the tuning peg, wherein the abutment section comprises a circumferential collar; and iii) a retaining section on the tuning peg; wherein the retaining section and the clamping element are set up in such a way that the clamping element is displaced axially on the tuning peg along the retaining section and locked in a clamping position, and wherein the clamping element and the abutment section are set up in such a way that they clamp and retain a longitudinal section of the free end of the string between one another; and further comprising at least one recess in the collar for feeding-through the free end of the string.