Indeed, Martyn. I normally use double frets myself, but am surprised at how few people do. Gut miserliness maybe?
I also (horror of horrors) often use nylon for the frets (I'm a different kind of miser) - I suspect these frets will outlive me! The only downside I've found with nylon frets is that the knot tends to dig grooves in the neck if it's not veneered with some very hard wood. Bill From: Martyn Hodgson <[email protected]> To: Lute Dmth <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 23 January 2012, 12:51 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Tightening frets - was: Tempered fretting - take your pick - OOPS! Dear Bill, Double fret loops very rarely need tightening in such a fashion (ie bunging in small wedges). I guess the double length allows a greater stretch extension (and thus greater leeway) to be achieved. Also by tying in a higher place (ie closer to the nut) and then pulling down to the required position, as indeed Mace advises, the fret can be tied very tight indeed. Double frets have other advantages too in terms of wearing etc: you'll find communications about this in the archives. regards Martyn --- On Sun, 22/1/12, William Samson <[1][email protected]> wrote: From: William Samson <[2][email protected]> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Tempered fretting - take your pick - OOPS! To: "Anthony Hind" <[3][email protected]> Cc: "[4][email protected]" <[5][email protected]> Date: Sunday, 22 January, 2012, 18:18 Nothing as sophisticated as tastini - just matchsticks wedged under the frets (at the bass side of the neck) to tighten them. Don't we all do it? Bill From: Anthony Hind <[1][6][email protected]> To: William Samson <[2][7][email protected]> Cc: "[3][8][email protected]" <[4][9][email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 22 January 2012, 18:05 Subject: Re : [LUTE] Re: Tempered fretting - take your pick - OOPS! I presume you are meaning "tastini"? see [5][10]http://home.planet.nl/~ooije006/david/writings/meantone_f.html but are they playing in different temperaments, as your previous mail suggests? Anthony De : William Samson <[6][11][email protected]> A : William Samson <[7][12][email protected]>; Ed Durbrow <[8][13][email protected]> Cc : "[9][14][email protected]" <[10][15][email protected]> Envoye le : Dimanche 22 janvier 2012 9h46 Objet : [LUTE] Re: Tempered fretting - take your pick - OOPS! Apologies again - URL is very long so heres a short version: [1][1][11][16]http://tinyurl.com/7fg8lvz As well as the varied tempering - look out for the matchsticks wedged under the frets of some of these viols. We lutenists are no alone in having problems with our gut frets loosening. Bill -- References 1. [2][12][17]http://tinyurl.com/7fg8lvz To get on or off this list see list information at [3][13][18]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. 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