Repair complete! Thanks for the suggestions, Ed and David!
I was fortunate to find the fret intact, slender and fragile as it
seemed
to be. I used a clamping method that employed the string pressure against
a padded (to protect the strings) slip of wood. I could see where the
fret had been positioned, but alas, not so after clamping. I believe I
have it about a half millimeter flat, but in my playing I don¹t often use
the k fret, especially not with chords.
Thanks for the encouragement!
Leonard
On 1/21/14, 3:56 AM, "David Tayler" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> I always keep some bamboo skewers handy for small repairs, just as
> David v.O. suggests. If you have some dried glue left on the
> soundboard, and you don't want to try to remove it, you can make some
> very thin grooves in the back of the fret before gluing it. Otherwise
> it may (will) pop off again.
> Of course you can also imagine that the HIP Deities are "informing" you
> that body frets were not very common on lutes and go fret-loose and
> fancy free.
> dt
> My way:
> - bamboo skewer
> - white glue (breaks off easily when there's need to remove or
> reglue)
> - eraser between fret and strings to press fret
> David
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> On 17 January 2014 22:16, Leonard Williams <[3][2][email protected]>
> wrote:
> Sorry if this is redundantd-!eP:e had trouble getting mail through.
> A Wrong
> address?
> Anyway:
> A A A A Back in the fall there was a discussion about material
> for body frets.
> How about glue?
> A A A A I just lost (then found) a fret and will need to
> reattach it. A Is there a
> way to clamp it without removing all my strings? A Ie thinking of
> keeping
> the lute in the case with a weight across the strings at the fret.
> A Is
> this do-able, or even advisable?
> Thanks and regards!
> Leonard Williams
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