My homemade tailpiece allows break angles anywhere between 18 1/2and 0 degrees, with 2 1/2 being the lowest playable with a normal bridge. The August entry near the top of my banjo Web page has descriptions of the physics, sound measurements, played music samples, and a calculation of the effects over the imaginable range of bridge masses.
These are the played samples for three representative break angles: (They're melody snippets from Serenity Song, a great song by Benny Bleu; I'm pretty sure it's the lyrics that make it an audience favorite.)
18 1/2 degrees, 10 1/2 degrees, and 2 1/2 degrees.
The link
"The Principal Formant of the Banjo - Adjustable Tailpiece and Numerical Evaluations"
(its.caltech.edu/adjustable-tailpiece)
is, quoth the browser, 404.
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Originally posted by geemottThe link
"The Principal Formant of the Banjo - Adjustable Tailpiece and Numerical Evaluations"
(its.caltech.edu/adjustable-tailpiece)
is, quoth the browser, 404.
Thanks. I think I fixed it.
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