shank strike weights

[Jon Page]

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>So you would put the lighter weight shanks with the
>larger knuckles on the most overweight hammers.

Not necessarily.  I might place the heaviest shanks (2 g) in the low tenor
section. It all depends on hammer weight and target curve, not to force
the curve but to bring the set to a reasonable graduation. If the bass
hammers are fairly heavy already, I might place the 1.7 g shanks there
saving the 1.8's and 1.9's to bring the center of the set up. It all depends
on the individual weight of the set.

I place similar height knuckles together for uniform geometry.  Let's say
the bulk of the heights measure .640" (shank and knuckle).  These I would
place in the center of the keyboard according to weight match. Ones that
measure high (.645") and low (.635") would be placed towards the extremes.

Any measuring outside this range, and I didn't have spares, would be placed
at the end somewhere appropriate for their weight consideration.

So the lowest and highest octaves will have knuckle heights mixed of 
low and high
and average with the rest of the keyboard containing the average. To 
graphically depict this:

lhlahlhlhalhallaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahlahlhlhalhlahlllhalhl

This brings uniformity to the most-played region of the keyboard. 
Although I do try to
group heights in the extremes too if possible.

hhhhhhhhllllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllhhhhhhhh

I haven't thought it out enough to figure a transition...is it 
advantageous to have the
larger heights or the lower heights at the ends. Or does it matter. 
llllhhhaaaaaahhhllll

I'm usually limited by what's available in the set.
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Regards,

Jon Page
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