With a tuner, correct the frets string by string. Mark the (in tune) fret spacing of each string on a piece of paper. Then compare the fret spacings of all strings and make a compromise that will make the first five frets more or less in tune for all strings.
David On 6 February 2012 11:43, Nicolae Szekely <mikiszek...@yahoo.com> wrote: > In fact, what things do to a good tune of a lute ? after 4 years, I > can't tune my lute... It is a lute ? (imperfect construction?) Or the > strings ? I use New Nilgut. I thing the soundboard makes some harmonics > that "harm" the perfect sound. Maybe it is some secrets to make a verry > good lute (sounboard) ? I am a little dispered... I cant play on lute > when, for example, the first string, in a position, is correctly "g", > but in c position is NOT "a" .... > Sorry for my bad english. > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- ******************************* David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl *******************************