There is a quite certain way to fix this situation, but it requires some pre-thinking and preparation. A well measured amount of heat + pressure, applied to the gut frets on this kind of sharp edges, will lay them down flat, whatever the starting configuration is. The question here is to have a well measured source of heat, portable enough and flat enough, and strong enough to take a certain amount of pressure. Some sort of portable clothes iron might be just a thing. TO work out a correct technique, i would suggest to try it first on a dummy lute, - some piece of the wood repeating the shape of the lute neck, - to make sure no damage will be done to the frets and-or lute. The edge of the fret can be moistened rather generously, - this will help it to curve more to your need. But again, - i would strongly suggest to work it out away from the actual lute first, using the same kind of fret material. A temperature of about 160-170 C might be about the best, even if it will take a bit longer then 220-230. alexander r.
On Wed, 17 Jul 2013 19:53:42 +0200 Michael Vollbrecht <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, you could move down all frets towards the nut - this should give > you room to adjust the neck to whatever is needed from the 2nd fret up. > Then put all frets in place except the first and finish on this first > position. > Best, > Michael > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
