3.5mm @ the 8th fret.
RT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Draughon" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 10:05 AM
Subject: [LUTE] String Height
Question 1:
For an 8 course Renaissance lute, what would be considered an appropriate
string height
range measured where the neck joins the body? I'm new to lute, and
although my teacher
says he's surprised that my budget EMS lute is really pretty good, I feel
the string height
might be a millimeter or two low. We have re-fretted the instrument with
gut frets, but there
are still a few often used areas of the fingerboard where I am
experiencing "fret buzz".
Question 2:
Is there a way to raise string height without completely replacing the
bridge (i.e. adding
material to the top of the bridge...)?
Question 3:
Were the string holes in the bridge always drilled parallel to the plane
of the belly, or is it
possible they were sometimes angled higher at the rose side and lower on
the other?
I'll look forward to your responses.
Thanks,
Tom
Tom Draughon
Heartistry Music
http://www.heartistry.com
714 9th Avenue West
Ashland, WI 54806
715-682-9362
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