Hi Jim I have no problem with Tims subjective assesment, as long as its accompanied by a reasonbly objective definition of what "sounds better" means. I think he supplied that fairly well in his reply to me, and mentioned some form of documentation to confirm his results. He measured and found that thinned shanks tend to enhance the lower partials (all other things being equal). Either thats true or its not it would seem to me. If he chooses to equate lower partial enhancement with better sound, then thats up to him. Seems to me I've heard worse examples of exactly this kind of mixing subjective tastes with physical phenomena. At least Tim supplied a fairly clear definition to what "good" or "better" in this case means. Cheers RicB James Ellis wrote: > > Tim, > That's where we differ. You are content to just say thinned shanks sound > better. That doesn't do it for me. I have to do better than that. > Jim Ellis > > -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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