On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 11:00:49 +0100, Dietrich Hein wrote:
> If we consider the pitch of a' - 415 Hz, I suspect that Denzil would 
> agree that 29.5 cm is "long",

yup, more than just long for 415. no available wire will hold up to 
constant use at that tension.

280mm is about as long as one can safely go. 

Having made dozens of Itals with such scaling, I do have a teeny bit of 
experience. I went over to 278mm long ago. 
The problems are not so much with the treble range around c2. It 
depends on how just the scaling is and what you have around tenor c.

b

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