t's animal guts, is priced beyond my practical means...
> Garry
>
> -Original Message-
> From: William Samson
> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 11:06 AM
> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Double fret loops
>PS This knot also works very we
From: [1]garrywar...@hotmail.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 2:49 PM
To: [2]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Double fret loops
Thank you. I think you'd have to eat your strings to get mad cow,
which is possibly necessary after going broke buying them.
means...
Garry
-Original Message-
From: William Samson
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 11:06 AM
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Double fret loops
PS This knot also works very well with nylon frets (for the
philistines among us . . . ;o)
From: Martyn Hodgson
To: William S
I have tried it. Many lute methods and builders books give different
methods. The Ian Harwood instructional I built my first lute from has the
double, and I tied them. I didn't notice any tonal difference though.
Again, and now I'm starting to feel like a contrary, I use the single. The
bes
Absolutely Martyn! I'm already a convert, despite needing twice as
much fret gut; ergo costing twice as much - Important to a Scotsman
;o) . I have found they don't slacken off as easily as a single loop
- no doubt for the reason you mention. And, as you say, they do last
longe
