Hello everyone,
I made a short video (16 MB anyway) on how I fasten gut frets:
http://www.busatolutes.com/Video%201.flv
Enjoy!
Paolo Busato lute-maker
www.busatolutes.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Margaret Munck" <[email protected]>
To: "Suzanne Angevine" <[email protected]>
Cc: "Lute List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2010 11:54 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: fret tying help
I replaced some of mine for the first time a couple of months ago
without any problem :) , using the instructions including photos here:
[1]http://www.wadsworth-lutes.co.uk/frets.htm. The soldering iron
worked well for me - I don't have a lighter and matches seemed a bit
scary....
Meg
On 25 November 2010 03:39, Suzanne Angevine
<[2][email protected]> wrote:
Thanks to all who contributed to this thread. In quite a few places
I encountered descriptions of this simple knot, and it was what I
was attempting to use.
My first observation is that all you who have done this a bunch
don't remember how hard it was at first to "get it". And my second
observation is this. while none of you admitted to working the end
of the gut a little to make it possible to tighten the knot well, I
bet you all do it, if unconsciously while getting that first loop in
there and the end burned.
Our experience with burning the end of the gut into a lump was
varied. We only replaced the biggest 3 frets, but those 3 pieces of
gut varied in their response to the flame. Also, a soldering iron
actually didn't work all that well for us. A lighter set on low,
and then using mostly the (cooler?) tip of the flame seemed to work
best.
So now I think I have 3 new usable frets replacing the badly worn
ones. That is, as long as the next time I open the case they're
still attached. :-)
Suzanne
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References
1. http://www.wadsworth-lutes.co.uk/frets.htm
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