Susan, Wouldn't this sort of work as the inverse of weighting soundboards? I've never heard a plausable explanation of why the lead weights work, but I've heard 1 or 2 well placed weights add 6 or 7 seconds to bass sustain while damping out unpleasant overtones. Danny Moore Houston Chapter Susan Kline wrote: > use a router and/or plane to thin one side, with the strings still on > and at pitch. Possibly they could add mass to the other side as well, by > gluing or clamping something to those ribs.
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