The Music and Musical Instruments of Southern India and the Deccan c13.s1.9

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Then again the distance by which the string had to be deflected to press it on to the fret varied, but not uniformly. The diameter of the frets was different, but I was unable to measure it, as I could not get my gauge in. However, I estimate the white frets at fully 2 mm. in diameter; the others were narrower. The tops were rounded and it was difficult to appreciate the middle point, but I have endeavoured to measure the distance from the middle of one fret to the middle of the next.