In a message dated 3/12/2006 6:42:34 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've often heard that those glued-on high frets are a modern invention. Is that still the prevailing theory? Hello Sean: Yes, I heard a lecture at Lute Society in Feb2002 by Tony Bailes and he said that glued on body frets were not added by makers until maybe the late 17th C. John Johnson, however, was known to have added body frets to his lute. Kenneth -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html