At 5:36 PM -0400 5/29/04, Jon Page wrote: >Is there a general rule as to a limit of what is practicable for a >length of shank, >aside from fitting to the strings. Is there a ratio of (shank >length)/(jack length) >or some such? Weight won't be the issue with this ratio change as the HW for the most part carried by the hammerbutt center. The blow/dip could be, although you could certainly check this out in advance. (I actually haven't measured this, but the Yamaha verticals which have an upward sweep of the tenor strike line don't seem to have their dip bent out of shape by this.)
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