Soundboard grain angle

Phillip L Ford fordpiano@lycos.com
Wed, 05 Dec 2001 20:55:11 0000


On Tue, 04 Dec 2001 22:25:22  
 Ron Nossaman wrote:
>I've used from 60° to 70° from
>the belly bar, and found it to be pretty controllable with a fanned rib
>pattern. The assembly can be made anywhere from way too stiff for good
>volume, to way too flexible for good sustain (or good anything, for that
>matter), anywhere from the start of the last octave on down by just rib
>number, dimension, and placement.

>Ron N
>
Ron,
Can you talk a little more about your fan ribbed placement?  Do the rib lines fan from a central
point?  Where is this point located?

Phil F




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