And may I add it is also very handy for quick and minimal tuning correction: pulling the string over the frets and/or slightly pushing it over the pegbox. (I cannot do that with flat pegboxes.) I believe the reason is the same as for Kenneth's explanation below: there is more friction at the nut in case of bent pegbox.
Best regards: Gabor Domjan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 4:19 AM Subject: Re: # 1 lute question > Actually, James, in all seriousness I've noticed that it is much easier to > tune and keep the tuning stable in lutes with bent back pegboxes than lutes with > extended pegboxes and certainly more than baroque and renaissance guitars and > vihuelas. > > Kenneth > > -- > >
