going from dobro g tuning to d tuning

[Keith Aiken]

jerry douglas uses a hipshot tailpiece
https://www.resophonicoutfitters.com/pr ... pshot.html
to change tunings quickly.
but at $840 it ain't cheap.

could this be a poor man's alternative?
https://www.pitch-key.com/

anyone tried this on their dobro?

[Jerry Overstreet]

I use these on std. guitar, but for Dobro, the .054 is the largest string they will accomodate for a low E string. Most dobro strings low G is a .056.

I've never tried it on the low string on the dobro, but I use it on the 2nd string occasionally for some tune or other.

Of course you'd need one for every string you'd like to re-tune.

I like them fine once they're installed, but they can be a PITA putting on the wound strings.

[D Schubert]

I used PitchKey on several acoustic & electric guitars, mostly for drop-D. That worked okay.

Tried multiple units to go from standard to open D / Sevastopol tuning. That required some retuning every time they were used. Too much overall tension change between the tunings?

On a resonator guitar, with cone that rises or falls slightly with tuning & string tension change, I would expect multiple PitchKeys to be awful.