Ah yes, Bohning Feather Fletching Tape. The best thing for attaching
feather fletches to arrow shafts since the discovery of silk or sinew
thread. It's a super strong and durable double sided tape; I have
recovered arrows that were lost in the grass for a year or more that
still had the remains of their feathers still tightly attached.
However, its use on wooden lute frets is very limited. I would use it
only to experiment with tastini- to determine whether they are one's
cup of tea or not; or to fine tune placement- such as 1/4 comma or 1/6
comma, for example.
Double-sided tapes of any sort are not worth the trouble for body
frets; up on the soundboard especially the gel-like glue layer impedes
sound transference,thereby degrading sound quality. The glue layer also
gives the frets a slightly "wiggly" feel that is quite annoying.
In the end, plain old white glue is the best for a solid, tight,
permanent, but reversible bond for any wooden frets or tastini. I've
been using state-of-the-art "Elmer's" for a few years; has never
failed, but it's still easy to pry or knock them off when necessary. In
1/2 hour it has set enough to gently try out the frets.
Dan
On 10/29/2013 7:02 PM, Sean Smith wrote:
Dan, I was referring to a fletching adhesive that I think you
suggested for a tastino. Ring a bell ...perhaps with pure
overtones?
On Oct 29, 2013, at 6:50 PM, Dan Winheld wrote:
No tricks. Just a solid hunk of lumber with enough felt to clamp
down the 8ve strings along with their fatso fundamental partners-
and a 72 cm. SL lute with 10 tied frets in EQUAL temperament.
Fantastic lute, 8 course at E or E flat, by Barber & Harris. Sold it
(with regrets) along with the capo. Have not capo'ed a lute since.
My only capo friendly instrument these days is a 7 string,
steel-string 14 fret neck guitar. Again, equal temperament- which
sounds horrible on steel strings once you've had a good meantone
experience.
Dan
On 10/29/2013 5:50 PM, Sean Smith wrote:
Hi Leonard,
I should think a capo --in theory, anyway-- could work at most any
fret; just adjust your frets accordingly in The Pattern. (You'll
miss out on that tastino goodness unless you can fashion one to
stick down where you need it but I think Dan Winheld had a trick for
that, too) You'll move fewer frets, however, if you place it at the
2nd, 5th and (maybe) the 4th fret.
Btw, it's pretty easy to make a quick-n-dirty capo: Use a pencil and
a shoelace in a figure-eight around the pencil ends behind the neck.
Sean
On Oct 29, 2013, at 2:20 PM, Leonard Williams wrote:
I know this has come up on several occasions‹Capo with
anything but equal
temperament doesn^1t work. I^1ve noticed, however, a pattern to
meantone
fret placements, the space between frets being (starting at the nut,
relative to ET placement) long to 1st, short to 2nd, long to 3rd,
short to
4th, etc. Would a capo work if placed at the second or fourth
frets,
thereby maintaining the pattern? I don^1t use or even have a capo,
so I
can^1t try this out. Any adventurous souls out there?
Thanks and regards,
Leonard Williams
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