The whole idea of moveable frets allowed relatively easy shifts
between temperaments? e.g. mid-concert between a suite of pieces in
one key and the next suite in another?
Andrew
On 13 May 2008, at 15:52, guy_and_liz Smith wrote:
Not necessarily. When I changed my alto from equal temperament to
sixth
comma meantone, the frets were fine after the shift. You aren't really
moving them all that much for sixth comma. I've never tried quarter
comma,
so I can't say how that would affect fretting.
Guy
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