Well done, Ron. Nice to hear the viol in there.
Rob
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Le 11 mai 08 à 18:58, Sean Smith a écrit :
Careful about getting them TOO snug. Then it actually flattens on
the outer string. Not so much a problem on the bass strings but
that treble will buzz and undermine your calculations. So then I
switched to a larger fret and then by the time
Yes,
Dowland couldn't equate fret sizes with strings which weren't on the lute so he
was obliged to give one string for two (or three) frets. In practice the 2nd is
to be between the first and third etc.
Cost of double fretting - less than for single. This is because the lower (ie
towards
Sean
David Tayler says he uses normal gut for fretting (ie string-gut).
I suppose fretting-gut is usually a rejected gut material from other
uses, or is this not so?
Could it be that a fairly hard specially made gut is chosen.
Carlos Gonzales on the French lute list advocates using gut
Dear Stephen,
Thanks for the photos, I've never seen anything like this before! It's
impressive to see how unequal the frets are placed, I imagine it's because
of the 4th comma meantone.
Recently I played on a vihuela with this fret placement (without the
tastini) and sounded very nice, however
