[LUTE] Re: anyone who can re-fret a lute: North London/South Midlands?

Interesting. I actually enjoy "Tying one on". ed At 06:17 PM 3/12/2013, howard posner wrote: >This whole thread reminds me of an LSA Seminar course of some sort >in which Pat O'Brien remarked that changing frets was an easy task, >"but some players will SELL THE INSTRUMENT rather than change t

[LUTE] Re: anyone who can re-fret a lute: North London/South Midlands?

I think we have to do an intervention. Everyone on the lute list meets at Stuart's house with several miles of guts, a few dozen bare naked lute necks, and several cases of strong IPA. Come Hell or high water, his lute WILL GET FRETTED! And nobody leaves sober. Dan- (fret gut, clippers, pliers

[LUTE] Two great ladies, Cleopatra and Swedish Katarina in f#-minor by Gaultier...

Dear lutenists In case someone is interested, I just "tubed" a direct and unedited home recording of an extremist French baroque lute description of a couple of very strong ladies of their times: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB0P_IXqm5k&feature=youtu.be http://vimeo.com/61645403 best

[LUTE] Re : [LUTE] Re: anyone who can re-fret a lute: North London/South Midlands?

Miles, next time you come over, I want you to show me the special trick Claude Guibord has to tie his frets and get them on really tightEnvoyé depuis mon HTC- Reply message -De : "Miles Dempster" Pour : "lutelist Net" Objet : [LUTE] Re:

[LUTE] Re: anyone who can re-fret a lute: North London/South Midlands?

I agree with Arto. Just one loop to tie and that's it - about as simple as you can get. Ned On Mar 12, 2013, at 3:49 PM, Arto Wikla wrote: > > Still one opinion: I like and prefer the knot that David vE shows as the 2nd > alternative in his page > http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/fretknot.htm > I

[LUTE] Re: anyone who can re-fret a lute: North London/South Midlands?

Stuart, I once went nuts trying to do this - I couldn't figure out why the knot would not hold, even though I was following the instructions faithfully. Eventually it occurred to me that it could be due to my fret material. I was using varnished/smooth string gut. I tried again after lightly sa

[LUTE] Re: anyone who can re-fret a lute: North London/South Midlands?

Still one opinion: I like and prefer the knot that David vE shows as the 2nd alternative in his page http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/fretknot.htm I learned that knot from my old lute teacher Leif Karlson, student of Michael Shaeffer. Very strong and reliable knot! Perhaps that will work? Arto

[LUTE] Re: anyone who can re-fret a lute: North London/South Midlands?

Many, many thanks to all who have offered help, suggestions, sent links, sent photos - and even a video! Just tried again to put a fret on and still no luck. I'm just making the same mistake(s) over and over again now. I'll get someone to show me how to do it. Stuart To get on or off this

[LUTE] Rowallan lute book

Hello ! Some self promotion... I posted on Youtube some videos about the Rowallan Lute book, from the tabs by Wayne at Lyre publications. I'm using some Aquila gut strings on my lute for this set. Here is the play list : On

[LUTE] Re: anyone who can re-fret a lute: North London/South Midlands?

This knot works very fine, and it´s easy, really easy to realize! try it! w. Original-Nachricht > Datum: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 12:08:23 + > Von: Peter Martin > An: WALSH STUART > CC: lutelist Net > Betreff: [LUTE] Re: anyone who can re-fret a lute: North London/South > Midlands

[LUTE] Re: anyone who can re-fret a lute: North London/South Midlands?

Hi Stuart, The Lute Society has a list of makers on its website, many of whom are 'happy to do remedial work on badly set-up lutes', which sounds like what's needed. Reading through this list was a good memory jog for me, both in terms of established luthiers and newer ones: