source file: m1437.txt Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 19:21:17 -0600 Subject: Tom Stone's "Novatone" From: Eduardo Sabat-Garibaldi > Also, does anyone know of a source for tangless, glued-on frets? These >would make fret application possible for those of us with no woodworking >tools. I know only that, when Tom Stone's "Novatone" went under, Mark Rankin said that they had a small outstanding debt to the company that custom-made that wire for them. They were holding the extrusion die they used to form it hostage, so to speak. I suppose it's fair to guess that Mark ended up paying the debt to that company and bought the die, but I don't know that for certain. ------------------------------------------- Gary and other Friends : I would like to know what Novatone means. On the other side it seems that the fretboards made by Mark Ranking have the frets glued on the interchangeable fretboards. Does anybody know the Patent Number and date of presentation of the Thomas Stone's on interchangeable fretboard, or other patents ? Thanks Eduardo