Hi Ned! I am quite the opposite of an experienced player. Yet I feel the need to ra= ise=20 a counter-question, I hope you will excuse.
Why would you base the choosing of a lute on something as easily changeable= as=20 hight of strings at the nut and fret thickness? =46irst thing I did with my lute, was to change the nut and frets to my lik= ing=20 (or better said, to a setup I could comfortably play). Isn't that actually= =20 part of the reason why lutes have removable nuts and frets? It took quite some experimenting to come up with my personal favourite sett= ing=20 btw. So much that I actually started to carve my own nuts from raw bones. := =2D) I personally think that choosing a lute should be based on the (hardly=20 changeable) qualities of its body. How does it (re-)sound, distribute and=20 project vibration? How heavy is it? How is the weight distributed and=20 balanced? Pretty looks would not be too bad either... IMHO Bridge, Nut, Strings and Frets can (and should) be fitted to the playe= rs=20 individual preferences anyhow. With best regards Wolfgang K=FChn Am Montag, 16. November 2009 17:37:42 schrieben Sie: > My experieince with two lutes of slightly different set-up seems to > indicate that fret thickness has an influence on the player's ability > to play barred chords cleanly. So I wonder if you experienced players > are careful in choosing a lute with a particular height of strings at > the nut, and fret thicknesses to match this height? >=20 >=20 >=20 > Ned >=20 > -- >=20 >=20 > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >=20
