More on soundboard crown

[Ron Nossaman]

>Put that way, I understand what you were arguing.  You were talking about
>support of string bearing (spring force and/or "stiffness" of support), and
>John was talking about resistance to deformation (spring constant and/or
>overall "stiffness" of the spring system).  Unfortunately the terminology
>was similar enough and the principles different enough as to result in a
>misunderstanding.
>
>Peace,
>Sarah

I was talking about what component, rib and panel, makes what contribution 
to the overall stiffness of the assembly in the different types of 
assembly. That was the original question. All the rest of that chasing John 
around was an attempt to illustrate that.

Ron N