Measuring soundboard thickness

[Farrell]

I do not design soundboards, but I do build them. I am not aware of any good 
way to measure panel thickness when glued to the piano rim, except to 
measure with calipers at the nosebolt holes and at the belly rail edge (that 
will certainly give you a general idea).

But that begs the question: why would anyone need to know the panel 
thickness? Seems to me that in some situations one may be curious of the 
original panel thickness if one were replacing the soundboard, but then one 
would have the luxury of measuring with the panel out and could use 
destructive techniques if need be. But what would you use that info for if 
you were not going to replace the soundboard?

Terry Farrell

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "V T"
> I am sure this is old stuff for those of you who
> design soundboards, but I will post it anyway.  I
> often wondered about methods of measuring soundboard
> thickness, once the board is installed.
>>
> Vladan