Shorten the ribs....or make them stauncher?

[Ron Nossaman]

>  After I
>posted the question below, yesterday, I also wondered
>if the reason for the "fish" was to make the length of
>the speaking portion of the board shorter, in the
>treble, so that the high frequencies emitted by the
>strings there can use a  more sympathetic length of
>wood to impart their vibrations to ?
>      ( Less inertial mass for these tiny strings to
>try to oscillate, sympathetic vibration of the wood
>itself more in accord with high frequencies. )


As has been mentioned, high frequencies are better handled by a tweeter 
than a woofer.

Ron N