> Vance wrote,
>This is not entirely true. The most significant influence >upon the action
>of the Lute is the relationship between the nut and the >bridge and how
large
>the clearance is at the joint between the neck and the >belly.
Vance this isn't true either. The only thing the angle of the neck
will affect, is how high off the top the strings ride at the bridge. It has
nothing to do with the action.
Michael Thames
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "lute list" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>; "Herbert Ward"
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Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: Built-in action?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 3:35 PM
> Subject: Built-in action?
> Hi Herbert:
>
> You wrote: The action depends on where the _tops_ of the frets are,
> > which is controlled by the person who chooses the fret
> > diameters.
> This is not entirely true. The most significant influence upon the action
> of the Lute is the relationship between the nut and the bridge and how
large
> the clearence is at the joint between the neck and the belly. If this is
> not right it does not matter what kind of frets you choose to put on the
> Lute, the action will forever suck. The reason that a Lute over time will
> develop a slower or higher action is due to this joint becoming less than
> 180 degrees because the tension of the strings has pulled the neck higher.
>
> Vance Wood.
>
> >
> > I have a regard for the dedication and talent of luthiers,
> > who build fine instruments from unformed chunks of wood.
> >
> > Nevertheless, I do not quite understand why they are
> > credited with the action of a lute.
> >
> > The luthier's work merely determines where the _bottoms_
> > of the frets are.
> >
> > The action depends on where the _tops_ of the frets are,
> > which is controlled by the person who chooses the fret
> > diameters.
> >
> >
> >
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