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S. N. M. ) the distance between frets ranges from '. V. \ to 14 mm. The greatest distance noticed between frets is on the large Siamese Km Chapj^ce (No. 27810, U. S. N. M. ), where there are three spaces, respectively, of 71, 73, and 77 mm. A similar instrument examined at the World's Fair held in ( 'hicago had the corresponding spaces 60, 60, and 67 nnn. The string lengths to the lii-st frets were, respectively, 878 and 740 mm. The smallest dis- tance observed between frets is the above-cited ...14 mm. , except that the Syrian lute, Blzug (No. 95144, ILS. N. M. ), has two spaces of li' and 18 mm. On most instruments the frets cease w'hen the limit of 20 to 2;") nun. Is reached. It is obvious that these and similar data for fi'etted instruments are not of much importance unless one can know that the hand was not shifted from one fret to another. With our i ustruments shifting is notorious!}' common, but the histories of the \ ioliii report that two or three centuries ago it was a notable thing f ( ir a })layer to shift.
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