This thread has been extremely informative to me as a newbie in the process of trying to fret his newly resurrected (I live in hope) lute. I would like to know of some good sources from which to purchase fretting materials, gut and/or nylon. I ordered two gut strings to try from one source but they seem to be taking a very long time in coming. I mean it has been 2 weeks and it is not like they are far away. What are some good sources? (Actually, if it's nylon I suppose I can just go to the bait & tackle shop & get various weights of fishing line, but I have tried unused solid nylon strings & found them very hard to tie. Would the Mace double fretting method [I have diagrams] work with solid nylon?) Thanks, -plh Rhode Island, USA
At Sun, 11 May 2008 09:27:15 -0700 (DST), you wrote >Thanks Anthony, very good advice! > > > > >2008/5/11 Anthony Hind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> Lundberg in his Historical Lute Construction says the following. >> >> "The eight frets on a Renaissance lute are generally arranged so that they >> descend in diameter towards the body. I would typically use the following >> diameters: >> >> Fret 1 1.00mm >> Fret 2 0.90mm >> Fret 3- 0.85mm >> Fret 4 0,82mm >> Fret 5- 0.79mm >> Fret 6- 0.76mm >> Fret 7- 0.73mm >> Fret 8- 0.70mm >> >> However, gut varies, so don't worry about being really exact. The main >> points to consider are that the first fret shoudl be large, the second fret >> should drop considerably in diameter, and each of the rest should be about >> .03mm smaller than the preceding. >> If the lute has a very high action, that is, if the height of the >> strings above the fingerboard at the neck/body join is, for example, in the >> vicinity of 5mm, then it would be better to tie on frets of a more constant >> size or even the same size. If on the other hand, the action is low, then a >> larger 1st fret together with a bigger drop between frets and ending with a >> .66mm might help." >> >> This book is well worth having for its very reasonable price. >> Regards >> Anthony >> >> >> >> >> Le 11 mai 08 =E0 05:17, Bruno Correia a ecrit : >> >> With so many gauges fretting the lute become quite expensive... What >>> about >>> using te same gauge from the 4th until the last? Would you have a photo >>> from >>> your lute with the fretting described below? I wish I could see it to try >>> myself. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>> 2008/5/10 The Other <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >>> >>> Using Thomas Mace's method of tying double frets; locking forceps to >>>> pull the frets tight enough; Dan Larson fret gut; in One Quarter Comma >>>> Meantone Temperament, with two 1st frets instead of using a tastini. >>>> >>>> Fret 1a (peg box side)- 1.00mm >>>> Fret 1b (bridge side)- 0.95mm >>>> Fret 2- 0.95mm (yes, same size as Fret 1b) >>>> Fret 3- 0.90mm >>>> Fret 4- 0.85mm >>>> Fret 5- 0.80mm >>>> Fret 6- 0.75mm >>>> Fret 7- 0.70mm >>>> Fret 8- 0.65mm >>>> >>>> No buzzing. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> "The Other" Stephen Stubbs. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >> >> > >-- >
