A worn fret is not the same thing as a loose fret. Sterling
Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Edward Martin <edvihuel...@gmail.com> Date: 3/12/18 7:51 PM (GMT-07:00) To: spiffys84121 <spiffys84...@cs.dartmouth.edu> Cc: John Lenti <johnle...@hotmail.com>, lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Loose frets One factor is that new frets sound great. That is why I change frets. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2018, at 8:07 PM, spiffys84121 <spiffys84...@cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote: > > 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 <johnle...@hotmail.com> > Date: 3/12/18 1:13 AM (GMT-07:00) > To: howard posner <howardpos...@ca.rr.com>, lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > 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: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu <lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu> on > behalf > of howard posner <howardpos...@ca.rr.com> > Sent: Friday, March 9, 2018 9:01:32 AM > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Loose frets >> On Mar 9, 2018, at 8:12 AM, John Mardinly <john.mardi...@asu.edu> > 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 >
