A desperate, short-term, despicable stop-gap measure- like turning one's socks inside out and wearing them another day- OF COURSE we've all done that! My six-course lute is giving me the evil eye, buzzing like crazy on frets three and four, after turning them twice- so I better get on it and do the right thing.....
And one doesn't always have to change all the frets every time, but that depends on one's usage. I know a pianist who plays mostly contemporary and avant-garde music- her tuner says that she is his only client who wears out the pads and strings evenly across the whole range... Dan >Something you can do to improve worn frets if you're short on time: loosen >the fret a little by sliding it toward the nut, then turn it slightly on the >neck so the worn parts are between courses. Slide it back to pitch. > >Leonard Williams > >On 2/14/10 6:22 PM, "nedma...@aol.com" <nedma...@aol.com> wrote: > >> Having just replaced all the frets on an instrument for the first time >> (buzzing problems) I was pleasantly surprised at the difference in the >> clarity of the sound of the instrument. A significant increase, unless >> my ears are mistaken. (Since I bought the instrument used, I don't >> know how long the old frets had been on). Thinking about it, this >> does make sense, the new frets being harder than the old worn frets. >> I'm wondering if performing players find it beneficial to change > > their frets often. . . -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
