Dear Stephan and all,
The double frets on my Forrester bandora do not buzz. My guess is that
the frets need to be adjusted to a tiny fraction of a millimeter, and
that the margin for error is very small.
Cheers,
Jim
Jun 15, 2011 03:59:29 PM, stephan.olbe...@web.de wrote:
I think he said this was from the Browne (formerly called the Braye)
bandora manuscript. Lyle Nordstrom in his book on bandora says it was
owned by Robert Spencer, contains lyra viol music, and most of the
bandora music is parts to the consorts. The titles are the usual:
Dowland,
About the string clashing and other assorted buzzes and
nasty noises
- If you hit a string too hard it can buzz on the metal
frets -
something that lute players don't need to worry about.
Well, I recently tried out double frets
Dear Stuart,
You may find a higher string tension (ie use thicker strings) will help
in tuning stability.
MH
--- On Mon, 13/6/11, Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com wrote:
From: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com
Subject: [LUTE] bandora tunes
To: Lute Net
Dear Stuart, Martyn, and All,
A higher string tension may make it easier to tune, but may not = be
good for the instrument, if it was built to accommodate lighter
strings.=
In addition, raising the string tension has the effect of changi= ng
the harmonic profile of the notes,
I have found that slightly high string tension does mean that it is
easier not to pull the strings just enough out of alignment so that the
intonation suffers. But you also need to make sure that the instrument
is up to the tension - there are lots of stories about wire-strung
