Depending on the lute size (I fret larger lutes with slightly
thicker frets), I typically start with around .90mm for 1st fret diminishing to
around 60 at 9th. The advantage of well graduated frets is, of course, that a
lute can be set 'fine' so that the distance required to depress a string to the
fingerboard at higher frets can be significantly less than with fixed height
frets. This distance isn't, of course, the same as what I believe modern
guitarists call the 'action' which is commonly taken to be the height from the
string to the fret top.
I really don't usually experience any significant fret
buzzing due to doubler frets (solo or continuo work) and the Old Ones don't
seem to mention it either in the
context of double frets. Any slight buzz I've ever had
soon wears off as the frets quickly 'bed in'.
MH
> --- On Fri, 9/5/08, "Mathias Rösel"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > From: "Mathias Rösel"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Frets
> > To: "Lute List"
> <[email protected]>
> > Date: Friday, 9 May, 2008, 8:14 AM
> > "Martyn Hodgson"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > schrieb:
> > > I suspect you're using single gut frets: try
> the
> > (historically preferred) double frets. The first fret
> takes
> > most of the wear whilst the second provides a much
> longer
> > lasting cut-off point.
> > >
> > > MH
> >
> > I'd love to red some recommended diamtres for
> double
> > frets. My
> > experience has been so far that there was buzzing all
> the
> > time
> >
> > Mathias
> >
> > > --- On Thu, 8/5/08, Bruno Correia
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > From: Bruno Correia
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Subject: [LUTE] Frets
> > > > To: "Lute List"
> > <[email protected]>
> > > > Date: Thursday, 8 May, 2008, 6:47 PM
> > > > Dear Lutists,
> > > >
> > > > Returning to the issue of frets, are all the
> > fret-gut
> > > > availlable today of
> > > > the same quality? I'm probably buying
> from
> > Aquila (as I
> > > > have been doing
> > > > lately) but they wear out very fast.
> > > >
> > > > Also, for an 8 course instrument in g, what
> would
> > be the
> > > > avarage gauge for
> > > > the first fret? I use 1 mm, then should I go
> down
> > to 0.9,
> > > > 0.8, 0.7 and
> > > > follow until the last one with 0.7?
> > > >
> > > > It seems that the bigger frets give some
> > falsiness to the
> > > > tunning (1st and
> > > > 2nd), because if I press the string a little
> > harder the
> > > > pich goes up, and
> > > > the octaves present some problems too. This
> > happens
> > > > basically on the 1st and
> > > > 2ns frets.
> > > >
> > > > Any advice?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
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