= This length is approximate. It is double the length of string lengths of the nontransposing group, it was necessary to 

 the shortest string on the instrument. double the mea.sured lengths of the pitch C strings of the three 



bin order to arrive at a meaningful average value for the instruments tuned an octave higher. 



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