Am 29 Mar 2005 um 22:53 hat Sean Smith geschrieben: > > Maybe the higher math of just where to place those frets (and how many) > never seemed to impress them. Number of strings and fingers are always > right but frets... dang! >
Interesting though that the right lute has a slanted first fret. Stephan > Maybe it's a left-brain, right-brain thing. > > s > > > > On Mar 29, 2005, at 6:43 PM, James A Stimson wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > And another thing: How come none of these artists get the fret > > proportions > > right, even though they seem to get everything else right? > > By the way, the most accurate rendering of fret spacing I've ever > > seen is > > in a print by M.C. Escher, not exactly a contemporary of the > > lutenists, but > > very mathematical in his approach. > > Cheers, > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
