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Bass Canon
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Photo by Will
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Blue Nights, by Cris
Forster |
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Brian B. James, Bass Canon |
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Heidi Forster, Glassdance |
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Deborah Knapp, Just Keys |
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Brandis Moylan, Bass Marimba |
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Bass Canon
Strings and Bridges |
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Built: |
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1989, San Francisco, California. |
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Dimensions:
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Total number of strings: 72. |
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String length:
1200.0 mm. |
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Canon length:
50 ½ in. |
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Canon height: 5
½ in. |
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Canon width: 42.0 in. |
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Height on upper side: 52.0 in. |
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Height on lower side: 31 ¾ in. |
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Materials: |
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Sitka spruce, Honduras rosewood, birch, teak, |
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delrin, kydex, aluminum, brass, and steel. |
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Range: |
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Open strings: Second G below middle C.
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The 72 open strings of the Bass Canon sound one octave below the Harmonic/Melodic
Canon. I used the String Winder to
make the strings for this instrument because thin and highly flexible wound strings
in this frequency range are not available from commercial manufacturers.
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