Sound waves(The behavior of soundboards)

[Ron Nossaman]

>  If the maple were 1" square with the rings 
>running diagonally, I'd expect the sound to be the same.
>
>JD

I expect so too, or pretty close, since the beam stiffness, mass, and
resultant resonant frequency is similar in either direction. But then
there's no soundboard panel attached to one side, which puts it somewhat
outside the scope of the thread heading.

Ron N