Tuning Pegs or Dental Implants- AI can't tell
At least in the isolation of my workshop this seemed funny. I asked Copilot about these tuners for a dulcimer I'm building. I ended up going with open-geared tuning machines, but Copilot's answer was so confident and so wrong:
Short answer: those aren’t tuners at all — they’re dental implants with ceramic crowns, not instrument hardware. They cannot be used on a dulcimer in any meaningful or safe way.
What you actually have in the photo
The three objects are:
- A titanium implant screw (the threaded metal part)
- A ceramic crown (the tooth‑shaped white top)
- An abutment connecting the two
These are medical‑grade dental components used by dentists and oral surgeons. They are not mechanical tuners, machine heads, friction pegs, or anything related to stringed instruments.