Tall Paul,
You sure got a bunch of advise and perhaps some good in it!
However, I did not see any suggestion of the basic aerodynamics envolved. This would be your real answer.
Any airplane> by itself the wing tends to rottate, leading edge
drops and rotation follows, increass with airspeed.
The horizontal tail is used to correct that tendicy and keep the wing flying
as desired. To do this the tail must produce lift.
When the amount of lift of the wing is counteracted by the tail lift on the
end of the tail moment arm there is a lift proportion. The correct proportion will be effective over a wide range of flying speeds.
So, it would seem your situation is OK. Would believe close enough to
allow flight. If in flight you found some up trim needed the next chance
simply move the balance back a bit at a time until the trim is no longer
required.
Do keep us informed about progress!
Good luck!

Hal deBolt