Understood, Valery. And also, I believe the guitar I mentioned (after
looking at the picture) must have been treated the same way as yours.
There may indeed be a correlation between single-strung, 6-course
guitars and solid frets. I wonder -- were the double-strung 6-course
instruments made with tied frets?
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From: Valery SAUVAGE <sauvag...@orange.fr>
To: Vihuelalist <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, November 6, 2013 11:14 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Frets
I don't say the change was made together (from gut to fixed frets and
from 5 c to 6 strings), but obviously in the same period of time both
occurs... And of course you can always find some exceptions...
My baroque guitar was converted to 6 single strings at the change of
the century (around 1800) but stay with gut frets... (now converted
back to 5 course baroque guitar)
V.
> Message du 06/11/13 16:37
> De : "Chris Despopoulos"
> A : "Valery SAUVAGE" , "Vihuelalist"
> Copie `a :
> Objet : [VIHUELA] Re: Frets
>
> 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
> To: Vihuelalist
> 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"
> > Copie `a :
> > Objet : [VIHUELA] Re: Frets
> >
> > 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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