someone named "chuckerbutty" (don't ask) very kindly pointed this out to me: http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/viewthread.php?tid=727
On Giovedì, apr 15, 2004, at 01:47 Europe/Rome, James A Stimson wrote: > > > > > Dear Luters: > I know we've talked about single versus double frets. Is there some > bit of > evidence that indicates double fretting was more common? > I ask because yesterday I was examining Orazio Gentileschi's "The Lute > Player" at the National Gallery in Washington. This painting is so > detailed > that it seems clear that the frets are composed of a single strand of > gut, > neatly knotted. > Yours, > Jim > >