with these sharp, scratchy pliers near my precious lutes.
Anybody found a way to save on fret gut?
Bill
From: Sean Smith lutesm...@mac.com
To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, 30 April 2012, 20:33
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Stringing a lute
I call that extra tied on bit a leader
lutes.
Anybody found a way to save on fret gut?
Bill
From: Sean Smith lutesm...@mac.com
To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, 30 April 2012, 20:33
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Stringing a lute
I call that extra tied on bit a leader. If I use a less stretchy
material I know I'll have
I have tried shorter
ends and pulling them tight with pliers,
I should've been clearer here. If you're making you 5th fret where the
4th or third-and-a-halfth fret would be you should only need enough
tension to keep the string taught while burning it. I have about 5 lbs
of tension on
That's done if the nut grooves aren't perfectly smooth and the string
stretches on the peg side of the nut, when tuning, then suddenly jumps
to a higher pitch. The cord (usually polyester, which has very little
stretch) won't stretch so much and reduces this effect.
When this is
Alain,
The practice you have described is one I would only employ if the
string is too short to reach the peg.
I prefer the approach of one teacher who advised: Never cut a good
string!
This would entail running the entire length of the string through the
peg-hole, with
On Apr 30, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Alain wrote:
Hi everyone,
When stringing a lute, some people like to cut the strings a little above the
nut and tie them with a knot to some non-elastic material like rope or
synthetic fiber of some kind that is wound to the peg. What are the
advantages of
I call that extra tied on bit a leader. If I use a less stretchy
material I know I'll have less spring between peg and nut which speeds
and stabilizes tuning. That w/ a bit of beeswax at the nut makes for
quicker work.
The other reason I'll use it is economy. Sometimes I can get two
For me, the only reason is economic; to get two strings for the price of one
(esp. high priced gut), If the nut is properly round and smooth, the grooves as
well, no reason to create even more trouble on an already troublesome aspect of
lute maintenance. There may be more detailed discussion of
