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,,
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> > 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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