[LUTE] Re: body fret re-glue
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 vidan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: __ 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 *** David van Ooijen [1][1]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [2]www.davidvanooijen.nl *** On 17 January 2014 22:16, Leonard Williams [3][2]arc...@verizon.net 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 To get on or off this list see list information at [4][3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[4]davidvanooi...@gmail.com 2. [5]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 3. mailto:[6]arc...@verizon.net 4. [7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 2. mailto:arc...@verizon.net 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 4. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 5. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 6. mailto:arc...@verizon.net 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: body fret re-glue
__ 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 *** David van Ooijen [1][1]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [2]www.davidvanooijen.nl *** On 17 January 2014 22:16, Leonard Williams [3][2]arc...@verizon.net 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 To get on or off this list see list information at [4][3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[4]davidvanooi...@gmail.com 2. [5]http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 3. mailto:[6]arc...@verizon.net 4. [7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 2. mailto:arc...@verizon.net 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 4. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 5. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 6. mailto:arc...@verizon.net 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: body fret re-glue
Simply use traditional glue - apply a smear to the fret, quickly put into position, hold for a few seconds (until the glue gels), wait for a few minutes and then clean excess glue with a damp cloth... MH __ From: Leonard Williams arc...@verizon.net To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, 17 January 2014, 21:16 Subject: [LUTE] body fret re-glue Sorry if this is redundanta^1IA^1ve had trouble getting mail through. Wrong address? Anyway: Back in the fall there was a discussion about material for body frets. How about glue? I just lost (then found) a fret and will need to reattach it. Is there a way to clamp it without removing all my strings? IA^1m thinking of keeping the lute in the case with a weight across the strings at the fret. Is this do-able, or even advisable? Thanks and regards! Leonard Williams To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: body fret re-glue
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 *** David van Ooijen [1]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [2]www.davidvanooijen.nl *** On 17 January 2014 22:16, Leonard Williams [3]arc...@verizon.net 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 To get on or off this list see list information at [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:davidvanooi...@gmail.com 2. http://www.davidvanooijen.nl/ 3. mailto:arc...@verizon.net 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
