[LUTE] Re: On shimming frets.

2012-10-01 Thread Martyn Hodgson
I don't know how this might work with single frets, but with double frets I'm able to ease the fret back towards the nut, rotate it (towards the treble side is best) to bring the old string groove to a position between courses and then ease it back to its original position. The

[LUTE] Re: On shimming frets.

2012-10-01 Thread Dan Winheld
Works fine with singles. Many of us have been doing it for years. My 3rd fret, Baroque lute is on its 2nd rotation. Dan On 10/1/2012 3:10 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote: I don't know how this might work with single frets, but with double frets I'm able to ease the fret back towards the nut,

[LUTE] Re: On shimming frets.

2012-10-01 Thread Toby
Wooden frets fall off, Gut frets also wearing out- Seasons of the lute. Often, mundane thoughts, Tend to appear meaningful When read in Haiku To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: On shimming frets.

2012-10-01 Thread howard posner
On Oct 1, 2012, at 9:06 AM, Toby t...@tobiah.org wrote: Often, mundane thoughts, Tend to appear meaningful When read in Haiku Mundane though they be, Thoughts, when expressed in haiku Are concise, at least -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: On shimming frets.

2012-10-01 Thread Toby
On 10/01/2012 09:17 AM, howard posner wrote: On Oct 1, 2012, at 9:06 AM, Tobyt...@tobiah.org wrote: Often, mundane thoughts, Tend to appear meaningful When read in Haiku Mundane though they be, Thoughts, when expressed in haiku Are concise, at least Then it would be best That all

[LUTE] Re: On shimming frets.

2012-10-01 Thread howard posner
On Oct 1, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Toby t...@tobiah.org wrote: Then it would be best That all communication Be done in Haiku Better for reader But for the one who's writing It would take too long -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: On shimming frets.

2012-10-01 Thread Toby
Then it would be best That all communication Be done in Haiku Better for reader But for the one who's writing It would take too long A side benefit Would be that unworthy thoughts Would remain suppressed To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: On shimming frets.

2012-10-01 Thread howard posner
On Oct 1, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Toby t...@tobiah.org wrote: A side benefit Would be that unworthy thoughts Would remain suppressed Some listers will find This whole exchange unworthy So I will stop now -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: On shimming frets.

2012-10-01 Thread Ron Andrico
Quoting Strunk White, The way to better writing: Omit needless words. Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 09:34:10 -0700 To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu From: howardpos...@ca.rr.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: On shimming frets. On Oct 1, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Toby t...@tobiah.org wrote:

[BAROQUE-LUTE] What is this Scottish(?) melody in ms. Balcarres?

2012-10-01 Thread Arto Wikla
Dear lutenists, I happened to meet one melody in the Balcarres' ms., which I know I know from the times of my early student years - it was actually a recorded example in the appendix record of one VERY early book about computer music (!). The piece was called with a name that was somehow

[LUTE] Re: On shimming frets.

2012-10-01 Thread MAGDALENA TOMSINSKA
Ha, ha! Haiku guys - you made my day! Magdalena From: Lex van Sante lvansa...@gmail.com To: lute mailing list list lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, October 1, 2012 2:46:26 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: On shimming frets. harmonies abound when ye luters fret no more minds

[LUTE] Tab to grand staff in Fronimo

2012-10-01 Thread Sean Smith
I'd like to translate some lute duets into grand staff for a harpist but I'm a little intimidated by the Fronimo process (that's what I have and I can't go buying something new at this point). I tried the simple Translate-to-Mensural --Grandstaff but it doesn't look musician-friendly and I