If you're smart enough to -tie- frets, you're smart enough to -tighten- frets. It takes less time to do than describe. Seriously-- why are people --replacing-- loose frets??
Baffled, Sterling Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: John Lenti <[email protected]> Date: 3/12/18 1:13 AM (GMT-07:00) To: howard posner <[email protected]>, [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Re: Loose frets I'm a little reluctant to share something that might seem almost immoral, but what the hell, I make my living playing the lute and I tie a lot of frets, so I'll chip in here: when I go, as I do almost weekly, from my home in Seattle, where the weather is always perfect for gut-strung-and-fretted instruments, to a place like the mountains of Montana or the desert of Tucson and the humidity is 1% and my frets (usually it's 1, 5, and 6 on my main touring instrument) start slipping and sliding around, and I don't feel like re-fretting, I tape them down with masking tape. Sent from [1]Mail for Windows 10 __________________________________________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of howard posner <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 9, 2018 9:01:32 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Re: Loose frets > On Mar 9, 2018, at 8:12 AM, John Mardinly <[email protected]> wrote: > > My frets never come loose and they have not worn out yet. They are > metal. I want to know how you tied them on in the first place. You must have really strong fingers. To get on or off this list see list information at [2]https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.c s.dartmouth.edu%2F~wbc%2Flute-admin%2Findex.html&data%7C01%7C%7Cb2e0 482fe1c54b991ec608d585df2c7f%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0 %7C636562115923455431&sdata=IZZ6Zu8XFrfsZCfWdhf7SHgTi7418M8H6c6WDYZPwhA %3D&reserved=0 -- References 1. https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkIdU0986 2. https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http://www.cs.dartm outh.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html&data|01||b2e0482fe1c54b991ec608d585 df2c7f|84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa|1|0|636562115923455431&sdata=IZ Z6Zu8XFrfsZCfWdhf7SHgTi7418M8H6c6WDYZPwhA=&reserved=0
