A very good tip, John, as is the idea of pre-wetting the fret material.
I wish I had thought of that these last few years, suffering from
severely slipping frets in similar changing conditions. However, as I
had resorted to a nylgut chanterelle, which quickly frays gut frets, I
decided to try Mimmo's new synthetic fret material. This has only been
on my lute for a few weeks, so I can't report on durability; however, I
can say that, as expected, this material is not effected by humidity,
but also less expectedly, it seems slightly softer than modern gut
(therefore, presumably not from Nylgut, as has been suggested). This
would have the advantage of not damaging gut strings, as reportedly
nylgut frets would do; but the possible disadvantage of making stopped
strings sound very slightly softer (but less so, I would judge, than
the much softer sounding double gut frets, with which I do have
experience, and appreciated for their greater durability). In spite of
their slippery surface, with the knot advised for them by Mimmo, they
do seem to slip far less than gut frets.
Regards
Anthony
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Le lundi, mars 12, 2018, 8:13 AM, John Lenti <johnle...@hotmail.com> a
écrit :
I'm a little reluctant to share something that might seem almost
immoral, but what the hell, I make my living playing the lute and I
tie
a lot of frets, so I'll chip in here: when I go, as I do almost
weekly,
from my home in Seattle, where the weather is always perfect for
gut-strung-and-fretted instruments, to a place like the mountains of
Montana or the desert of Tucson and the humidity is 1% and my frets
(usually it's 1, 5, and 6 on my main touring instrument) start
slipping
and sliding around, and I don't feel like re-fretting, I tape them
down
with masking tape.
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Loose frets
> On Mar 9, 2018, at 8:12 AM, John Mardinly
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> My frets never come loose and they have not worn out yet. They are
> metal.
I want to know how you tied them on in the first place. You must
have
really strong fingers.
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