It seems to me that a vertically laminated rib would have a very serious strength problem, and virtually no elasticity. Thump --- CalinTantareanu <calin.tantareanu@mae.ro> wrote: > Seems to me that a vertically laminated rib would > have no deformation > problems, but you would have to machine its crown, > since you can't bend it > in a caul. > As for strength, I don't really know. If the glue is > strong, a horizontally > laminated one should be as strong as a vertical > laminated one. > > Calin Tantareanu > > > > If I read correctly, the laminations are set up > in the horizontal plane. > > > Why would you not set up the laminations in the > vertical plane. It > would > > > seem that this would increase the stiffness of > the rib and thereby allow > > > you to use a smaller rib, i.e., less mass. > Would that not be better. > > > > > > David Love > > > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
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