Hi Sterling, Since nobody else seems to be doing so, I'll chip in here. I assume you are using gut for the frets - it's less troublesome than nylon in this respect.
I wonder how sharp the edges of your fingerboard are. If they have a sharp edge, there's no 'radius' for the frets to bend around and they will tend to lift above the fingerboard near the edges. Whether this can be remedied depends on how close to the edge your top string is. If there's room, you could ask a luthier to round off the edge of the fingerboard a little - Nothing extreme - just a 1mm radius could make quite a difference. This isn't a big job but I'd not recommend trying it yourself unless you are already good with a scraper. I guess your action is a little high and that's why you want thicker frets. Raised actions can be corrected, but it's not a trivial job and could cost a bit. Good luck! Bill Samson From: sterling price <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, 15 July 2013, 23:29 Subject: [LUTE] Big Fret Help Hi all-- I recently changed the frets on my baroque lute (after many years of service). I went up from 1.10 mm to 1.20 mm on all frets. The problem I am having is there are a few frets that are not sitting all the way flat under the first course so it has a 'choked' sound on some notes. I know this wouldn't happen if the fingerboard was more curved or if I used smaller frets(not an option). Any advice on how to get these big frets to stay flat would be great. And yes they are very tight. Thanks, Sterling -- 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-admin/index.html
