Delwin D Fandrich wrote: > - > > In general (and taken to its extremes, but with all other factors remaining > equal) a soundboard panel with a grain angle closer to perpendicular to the > bellyrail will have a better treble response but a poorer bass response. > One with a grain angle running closer to parallel to the bellyrail will > have a poorer treble response but a better bass response. Consider the > effect of grain angle on the stiffness of the soundboard system at the > bridge(s). Hope you dont mind one of my bunny trail excursions here for a second Del, but I just have to ask... why, especially if one opts for laminated panels... could this not be somewhat addressed by fanning the grain appropiatly when glueing the boards together to form the panel ? RicB -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. UiB, Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html http://www.hf.uib.no/grieg/personer/cv_RB.html
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