I don't know whether you can say going from 5 to 6 coursed marked the
change. I believe I saw in a museum in Milan a 6-course guitar with
tied frets. As a total layman, I can't say anything about what was
original or authentic. The label says:
Chitarra (a sei corde), Sanctus Seraphin, Venezia, 1727.
Ok, so that date almost certainly means it was retro-fitted with 6
single-strung courses?
cud
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From: Valery SAUVAGE <sauvag...@orange.fr>
To: Vihuelalist <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 9:39 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Frets
Hello,
I have a baroque guitar dated 1760 with gut frets, and a romantic one
(early romantic) dated 1795-1800 with bone-ebony frets. So I guess
when
going from 5 course to 6 strings the change was made also for frets.
closer to 1800 thanto the middle of the century in my opinion.
my 2 cts...
Valery
> Message du 06/11/13 14:39
> De : "WALSH STUART"
> A : "Monica Hall" , "Vihuelalist"
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> Objet : [VIHUELA] Re: Frets
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> On 06/11/2013 11:28, Monica Hall wrote:
> > Dear Collective Wisdom,,
> >
> >
> >
> > When did fixed, rather than tied on frets become the norm on
the
> > guitar?
> >
> >
> >
> > Monica
>
> Obviously, some time in the 18th century. The middle? The photo
of
James
> Tyler's "late eighteenth-century guitar: signed 'John Preston'"
in
The
> Early Guitar clearly shows tied on frets- which is surprising
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