And I thought the singed spots in the lacquer on my 10c. were bad! We missed so many good photo-ops back in the old days! Some day, though, everyone will have their entire lives on video.
Best, and keep on playin' CS >>> David Tayler <[email protected]> 2/18/2010 3:16 PM >>> This is the knot I mostly use, I saw it in Germany in th '70s so it has been in use for a while. Once, when tying this know, I was burning the end with a lighter, and the lighter had an unusually long flame, which instantly incinerated all seven of my long strings on the theorbo. Oh for a photo of that moment..... dt At 06:20 AM 2/18/2010, you wrote: >Hi All, > >The breakthrough for me came when I changed my method of fret knotting. >I used to tie a slip knot ("granny knot" - a reef knot with the >second turn the wrong way). Works fine for thin frets, and with >smooth-finished gut, but otherwise the slip knot is not so willing >to slip. So I tried the method someone suggested to me (Pat >O'Brien?) which is to tie a single overhand knot near the end and >pass the free end through it - the ultimate slip knot, not really a >knot at all. >Surprisingly, the gut has enough friction that when you pull this up >it holds without slipping back, so you tighten it nearer the nut >than you want to end up (a choix), trim off the free end and burn it >down to lock it, then slide the fret up to where you want it. It's >very neat, too. >But as for double frets..... > >Best wishes, > >Martin > >Martyn Hodgson wrote: >> >> The gut should be pre-stretched before fitting. Mace (1676 p 69) >> confirms this and provides good practical advice: >> >> ' And you will find, that the first Fret, will be ever the hardest to >> Tye well on, for two Reasons. >> First, because it is the Thickest, therefore not so ready to ply, and >> stretch. >> 2sly. Because there is but a little narrower room above It, by reason >> it is so near the Nutt: Therefore you must be the more careful , to >> stretch it very well, before you settle It.' >> >> He also recommends tying it higher (ie to wards the nut) and stretching >> by forcing down to its alotted position a number of times: 'Thus do it >> three or four times, till at last you find it stiff,....' >> >> Finally he suggests a second knot to prevent any possible slipping: >> '... you are (after all stretching) to Tye it, of another hard Knot, >> and then it is firmly fast'. >> >> MH >> --- On Wed, 17/2/10, Christopher Stetson <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> From: Christopher Stetson <[email protected]> >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: New frets >> To: "Lute List" <[email protected]> >> Date: Wednesday, 17 February, 2010, 20:35 >> >> Neat tricks, Sterling and Leonard! They've allowed me to yet again >> put >> off refretting. >> While we're here, does any have any tricks for getting and/or >> keeping >> the 1st fret really tight? >> Best to all, >> Chris. >> >> >> -- >> >> >>To get on or off this list see list information at >>[1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute
