<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>I  Jon</DIV> <DIV>   I don't see any need to do this in the bass.  The possibility for passing and alignment problems abound.  The Tenor protocol looks .... normal.</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=3> I wasn't aware that there should be a fan in the angles in the bass</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>Because of the angle and close proximity of the hammers it is advisable</DIV> <DIV>to lessen the angle as you go down the bass. The single strings certainly</DIV> <DIV>do not need much. The greater the angle, the tighter the clearance.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV>For an A I would probably bore:</DIV> <DIV>Degrees,Hammer count</DIV> <DIV>Bass notes 1 - 20</DIV> <DIV>5,6</DIV> <DIV>6,2</DIV> <DIV>7,2</DIV> <DIV>8,2</DIV> <DIV>9,2</DIV> <DIV>10,3</DIV> <DIV>11,3</DIV> <DIV>Tenor notes 21 - 51</DIV> <DIV>11,4</DIV> <DIV>10,4</DIV> <DIV>9,3</DIV> <DIV>8,3</DIV> <DIV>7,3</DIV> <DIV>6,2</DIV> <DIV>5,2</DIV> <DIV>4,2</DIV> <DIV>3,2</DIV> <DIV>2,2</DIV> <DIV>1,2</DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>