You have a very nice sounding cetra, Stuart. I suppose you remember that Ford cautions about getting a well-fretted instrument - the Hintz I used to have had a very flat 7th fret, certainly not something from any temperament that I've ever heard. Eventually, I had it it redone.
It's not period, but perhaps you could consider some compensation on the saddle and or nut. Have a close look at the nut and make sure it's flush up to the fingerboard and that the strings lie in their slots right up to the edge of the nut. Looking forward to your next recording! Doc On Aug 31, 2010, at 9:26 PM, Stuart Walsh wrote: On 22 August 2010 11:47, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: I can suggest two things to look at to resolve intonation issues. First, have a look at the nut. Do the strings lay in the grooves properly? It could be that the top of the nut is curved or that the grooves are not cut properly, so that some or all of the strings don't lay in the groove right up to the edge of the nut. The other thing is to experiment with bridge placement. The theory is that the distance nut to 12th fret and 12th fret to bridge are the same, but that doesn't always work in practice. You might also find that angling the bridge helps intonation as well. Let us know how it goes. Thanks Doc. I moved the bridge back a few mms and it really has made a difference. I can get top e in tune now (and g). Better still, the tuning lower down is better too. Here's a dead easy duet from a Pocket Book from 1775. (No high notes, though) The tuning still isn't right, but it's better. http://www.pluckedturkeys.co.uk/2citras.mp3 Stuart Doc I was going to play another piece by Ritter, a Rondeau. But in the minor section it has an E flat arpeggio above the fifth position and I just can't get my guittar in tune up there. Perhaps my guittar is particularly poorly fretted. Those guittars with capo holes must have be well fretted. I suspect the Geminiani pieces would be unplayable on my guittar (which may not be untypical). Stuart -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com - Microsoft® Exchange solutions from a leading provider - http://link.mail2web.com/Business/Exchange To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web LIVE Free email based on Microsoft® Exchange technology - http://link.mail2web.com/LIVE -------------------------------------------------------------------- myhosting.com - Premium Microsoft® Windows® and Linux web and application hosting - http://link.myhosting.com/myhosting
