soundboardinstal

[Danny Boddin]

After being disapointed whit the construction of a Pleyelsoundboard copied
by Tonewood,
(it needed a lot of adjustments: cutoff bar missing, ribs not fitting in
mortises) , we decided to make the next one ourselves.
So first step : compare informationdata before procedure, sounds rather like
softwarethingthinking :-) anyway here's the question:
my  partner Marek had an explanation from some polish friends:
this should be an old but very precise  procedure to create or copy a
soundboard:

first calculate or copy and shape the ribs, adjust and put  them theight
into the mortises of the rim.
second: make a panel and adjust it to fit into the rim, put it in and with
pencil draw the position of the ribs on the panel.
Take panel and ribs out and glue them together in the crown you want.
 Or meaby instead of the real panel make first a fake one you need  to draw
the position of the ribs on and copy this figures to the final panel which
size will reduce once it's crowned which you have to take in account.
Once the soundboard glued in you can tapper and glue small hardwoodshims
around between soundboard and rim, or fill it up with some epoxy.

What you think, could this be an acceptable procedure?
Danny Boddin/ Marek Bucsniewicz
Ternat Belgium