<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Shouldn't the holes be much smaller than you describe, just large enough to provide access for a screwdriver to drive screws to attach weights to the soundboard? And shouldn't the weights be slipped into their positions on the soundboard _<i>between the ribs</i>_ above the belly rail?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Kent Swafford</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br><div><div>On Nov 20, 2007, at 12:42 PM, Alan McCoy wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">There's no more than a<br>quarter inch of clearance in this region between the top of the belly rail<br>and the bottom of the ribs.<br><br>Solution: drill a hole through the keybed, up through the belly rail. Hang a<br>brass weight. I'm thinking that I'll need to drill maybe a 1.25" (or maybe<br>1.375") hole to allow some clearance for my 1.125" diameter brass stock as<br>it will be hanging down into the belly rail.  </blockquote></div><br></body></html>