Here's an interesting acoustic guitar design, where they've lengthened the backscale and moved the hitch pins to the rim (in piano-speak): http://video.on.nytimes.com/?fr_story=05f6ec1e4a4ea46d5119bfdc1a90c369d86dd520&rf=bm Here's the guy's site: http://www.babiczguitars.com/ There's a related article about carbon composites in violin design: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/28/science/28acou.html --Cy-- www.shusterpiano.com
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