Hello Lutenists,
I need some help. Not with the fret knot itself or the like, but please bear
with me:
I stripped the fixed metal fret fingerboard from my lute replaced it with a
fretless fingerboard. I am not a luthier, just very careful. I did not bevel
or fillet the edges of the fingerboard,
A word of caution concerning forcing tight frets frets too hard:
it
is possible to scar the neck with the knot (personal experience). Tying
the
Depends on the material of the neck. I have a lute with a rather soft neck:
scars, but unavoidable with tight frets, i think. The ones
Hello,
Let me share with you a trick related with this topic, which I learned
last week, when I visited Jaume Bosser, a luthier who lives 1 hour away
from Barcelona.
I went to have him build a new fretnut for my viola da mano, because I
wanted different distances between the courses, and once
Gum Arabic?
RT
Another trick, as a bonus. Prior to making the knot, he applies a 10%
solution of 'goma laca' (sorry, I don't know the word in english) to the
gut, and so it becomes a little bit sticky (the knot holds better) and
at the same is better protected against wear.
Saludos from
Gomme laque in French is shellac. Goma laca sounds similar to my ears.
Tony
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From: Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 12:42 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: LUTE] tying gut frets
Gum Arabic?
RT
Another
, not
the latex material.
One man's opinion, I could be wrong,
Rob Dorsey, luthier
http://robdorsey.com
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From: Manolo Laguillo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2006 5:36 AM
To: LUTELIST
Subject: [LUTE] Re: LUTE] tying gut frets
Hello,
Let me share with you
goma laca = shellac
Hello,
Let me share with you a trick related with this topic, which I learned
last week, when I visited Jaume Bosser, a luthier who lives 1 hour away
from Barcelona.
I went to have him build a new fretnut for my viola da mano, because I
wanted different distances
A word of caution concerning forcing tight frets frets too hard: it
is possible to scar the neck with the knot (personal experience). Tying the
fret above its final resting place is definitely a good way to achieve
tightness, but one must temper one's enthusiasm.
Regards,
Leonard
Just to share what works best for me:
I do the same as picture No 2 on David Van Edwars page. But I make the first
'pretzel' shape in really big (almost a handful size) to make shure where and
how to pull the other end through.
Then I apply two spare violin pegs instead of plyers and make at
