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Raffle Violin Question 11/06/2013 09:47 PM CST

So either last night or early this morning, Xixist won a beautiful Violin in one of the Festival Actions.

a gloomwood violin with an elaborate witchclaw fret

> look my violin
Beautiful scrollwork has been etched into the sides of the fret. The violin remains otherwise unadorned except for a lustrous sheen on the purple-tinged wood.

There was a nice recall on it and everything. Lovely quality. Really, just a beautiful instrument.

Then I realized it mentions a fret. So I'm here asking what part of a violin this might actually be referring to. I've never heard of a fret on a violin in all these years. Does anyone know?

Thanks!

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~Dreamheart Delaevan Forestwolf
Broken Bard since January 19, 2013 - 2 Dolefaren 407

DR-EVIKE

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Re: Raffle Violin Question 11/06/2013 10:23 PM CST

Is it accurate? Sort of. Ultimately it's not going to affect the playability of the instrument.

The owner is free to have that corrected via an alteration if it bothers them

As an aside, some violins do have frets.
(More here: http://www.frettedviolins.com/lignatone.htm)

Edited to clear up my words in case of hitting post too soon.

~Evike

SCHULTZS3

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Re: Raffle Violin Question 11/07/2013 01:15 AM CST

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fret
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC0OHDSAINk

Apparently there's fretting over frets or no frets.

And 20 minutes ago I didn't even know what a fret WAS.

Kaeta Airtag

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>>But it can be wrong.-Starlear

DR-EVIKE

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Re: Raffle Violin Question 11/07/2013 01:46 AM CST

>Apparently there's fretting over frets or no frets.

>And 20 minutes ago I didn't even know what a fret WAS.

Isn't learning FUN?

I learned more about playing the triangle this year than I ever knew. My only experience with this instrument was tangalanging it in grade school. Who knew it was more complex than that? :)

~Evike

NIKPACK

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Re: Raffle Violin Question 11/07/2013 08:56 AM CST

Not only did I have to look up fret but

<<My only experience with this instrument was tangalanging it in grade school.

"tangalanging," really Evike? You're just making up words now. Next you'll want me to learn history about these instruments

<<Instrument Recalls and you. - Now that the fest is out in Prime, I hope some of you have noticed some added and in some cases, updated recalls to instruments that were released previously but never had a recall.

Aw here goes. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtRCqxpyxnY)

Nikpack
Thanks for the hard work

DREAMWEAVER

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Re: Raffle Violin Question 11/08/2013 03:05 AM CST

Oh, the violin plays well, there is no problem there.

I just thought someone might know of some other kind of single fret that was some part of a violin. "Beautiful scrollwork has been etched into the sides of the fret." Maybe it is a localized term. I know a couple luthiers, I will have to ask.

Frets, plural, I'd never have asked about.

~D.

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~Dreamheart Delaevan Forestwolf
Broken Bard since January 19, 2013 - 2 Dolefaren 407

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