Antares wrote: > So if you have a beautiful sounding soundboard and it is old and has lost its power > What gives a board power? right! the ribs. OK, I can accept that, but why "new" ribs on an old board? If the board was truly a beautiful sounding board, it was a result of the whole thing, including ribs. This logic was why our teacher taught us to remove the board, cook the humidity out of it, and glue the original ribs back on in the facory location. This restores the crown without changing any of the original characteristics. Of course one would have to be careful not to destroy the angle of the inner rim, and (as a result of many years) the rebuilt board will be slightly smaller than the rim, so the "gap" between the board and the rim must be filled (we used epoxy). > In Holland we have a funny expression : "Kat in het bakkie" Yeah, well I generally have better luck getting Kats to do what I want than I do soundboards. Danny Moore Houston Chapter
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