[CAUT] New Soundboard Type

[RicB]

Well at least somebody got it... :)  Doesnt anyone over there do April 
Fools any more ?

Cheers
RicB


    Egg cartons!! Soundboards from pressed recycled egg cartons!

    I thought that surely 4/1 wouldn't pass without at least SOME
    observance!


    susan kline

         >Hi folks...
         >
         >Just ran across a piece of new I have yet to confirm about a new
         >soundboard material being tried out in Czechoslavakia.  It is a
         >variant of a kind of pulped pressed board evidently...
        something on
         >the lines of that stuff speaker manufacturers use yet because of
         >some new re-bonding process the stuff comes out incredibly
         >lightweight yet significantly stronger then traditional solid
        wood
         >panels.  Full dimension curved cauls are used to mold the
        material
         >into the exact crowned form in all directions they want.  The
         >strength characteristics of the material are equal in all
        directions
         >and they will be using a different type of support system for
         >downbearing then ribs... that is to say ribs will not be
        used.  Its
         >not a carbon fiber thing we are talking about... this is an
        all wood
         >product... aside from whatever bonding material/process is being
         >used.   More on this as I can hunt down information on it.
         >
         >Cheers
         >RicB