can you only get E strings that have a loop end or can all strings have a loop end?
i feel so silly asking that but i have a loop end fine tuner on my e string and i'm intending on putting a fine tuner on my a string also. until now i've always had ball end fine tuners so it's new to me

All strings come in either loop end or ball end!

It's not a silly question - the world of violin strings is an absolute maze compared to strings for guitar (or mandolin, yay!).

Yay that's great As i liked my loop end fine tuner but wasn't loving the idea of one ball end fine tuner and one loop end I'll buy another for my A string then

'fraid not. Only e strings come with loop ends.

. Sorry to put you wrong, and thanks for the correction, Discopants.

It's the middle of the night here, and I'm hopped up on painkillers but I should have checked sorry.

oh no no problemo though. i wonder if it'll look silly with 1 loop end and one ball end. but... i like my loop end tuner !

Why not just do away with the A string fine tuner?

i've gone from having 4 fine tuners to having 1, and i'm missing their usefulness though to be fair i should probably learn to get along with the pegs!

Unless you're playing gut, only e strings have loop end. Most gut strings have a loop end and some kind of cardboard contraption or a knot that you can use as a ball if you want.

Redundant, though as loop end gut would be useless on fine tuners !

I agree with Discopants, get rid of the A tuner if you can. Alternatively, if you want to keep it and want it to match, why not get a ball end e ?

I have yet to put the A tuner on, i just have one on the E and was gonna put one on the A =/ My violin generally stays well in tune but i haaate tuning with the pegs if i have a concert - they're guaranteed to slip or something and i'll end up spending a million years trying to get it back in tune. Though i don't have slippy pegs, so maybe that's just me being paranoid
I'll shutup now and keep my E fine tuner