laminated ribs -- a side question

[Ric Brekne]

Hi David..

Sorry to have confused things... I was just asking a side question that probably should have had its own subect line.  I'll restate the question here if you care to speculate on it.

Thanks
RicB


If you have soundboard grain alligned roughly perpendicular to the 
bridge... and assuming for the moment that you are able to create with 
this allignment enough load support for a low tension / low load 
scale....  what are the real demands for cross grain load support ?  And 
is this (can it be ?) independant from the need for cross grain stiffness?

Thanks
RicB