At this point I think everyone understands that a soundboard is not an amplifier. However, why can't one say "the volume of sound produced formerly limited by the inconsequential mass of the vibrating string alone is increased when the energy is transduced to the soundboard whose greater mass and area allow for the greater movement of air". Substitute the colloquial meaning of amplified for increased and I don't think the physical world as we have come to know it will cease to exist or all soundboard science will be endangered. Precision in language is all well and good and important, at least in most cases--after all we made the first tools and fire (a significant step in the history of science) only being able to grunt. This rather inconsequential transgression will hardly cause the seeds planted to not grow or put guns in all our pockets, as someone has suggested. I'm not sure which side is more guilty of the ad hominem attacks. Point made, time to move on. David Love www.davidlovepianos.com
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