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 a bit difficult to understand the left hand...
Thanks for your kind response. 2008/5/12 The Other <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Hello Bruno, > > It's night and the flash may be too bright to see the frets properly. > > So I'm sending you 9 photos I took tonight. (Can't send attachments to > the Lute List.) > > Let me know if these photos meet your needs. I can try again some time > during daylight hours if you wish. > > Regards, > Stephen. > > > On Sun, 2008-05-11 at 00:17 -0300, Bruno Correia wrote: > > With so many gauges fretting the lute become quite expensive... What > about > > using te same gauge from the 4th until the last? Would you have a photo > from > > your lute with the fretting described below? I wish I could see it to > try > > myself. > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > 2008/5/10 The Other <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Using Thomas Mace's method of tying double frets; locking forceps to > > > pull the frets tight enough; Dan Larson fret gut; in One Quarter Comma > > > Meantone Temperament, with two 1st frets instead of using a tastini. > > > > > > Fret 1a (peg box side)- 1.00mm > > > Fret 1b (bridge side)- 0.95mm > > > Fret 2- 0.95mm (yes, same size as Fret 1b) > > > Fret 3- 0.90mm > > > Fret 4- 0.85mm > > > Fret 5- 0.80mm > > > Fret 6- 0.75mm > > > Fret 7- 0.70mm > > > Fret 8- 0.65mm > > > > > > No buzzing. > > > > > > Regards, > > > "The Other" Stephen Stubbs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
