Exactly, David, and said in 5 words what I was writing an article about.
But, to get even more wildly off-lute-topic, does anyone know the history of the development of mass-produced fret wire of the modern type, with rounded top and T-shaped cross-section? I notice that it's already used on my oldest guitar, ca. 1860. I find it hard to imagine a luthier making it himself, but I notice that while my old guitars all have (it looks original, anyway), but my wire-strung mandolins, made at least 30 years later, have fret wire with a simple bar profile. I presume the difference is because of the different string material. Best to all, and keep playing, Chris. On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 3:06 AM, David van Ooijen <[1][email protected]> wrote: > On May 27, 2011, at 2:53 PM, Sean Smith wrote: > >> Guitars in the early 20th century used metal frets and gut together, I presume. > > And in the 19th century. > And in the 21st. David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen [2][email protected] [3]www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
