Soundboard Thoughts

Horace Greeley hgreeley@leland.Stanford.EDU
Wed, 10 Dec 1997 11:05:04 -0800


Ron,

At 12:27 PM 12/10/97 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi Danny, Horace, and all,
>
>I think this is a very good example of modifying  the natural harmonic
>frequency of board in that area to more nearly match the frequency ranges
>it's supposed to handle. The bass strings are weighted by heavy wrapping for
>the same reason (roughly). It's tough to make a tweeter woof. Lighter,
>thinner board and more and thinner ribs might very well do the same for the
>treble (or, might not!). It's also tough to make a woofer tweet. 

Yes, at least that's what the folks at M&H seemed to have thought,
probably Gerz again.

One _does_ have to be careful with these design issues.  I mean,
after all, one doesn't really want to wind up with a twoofer.

Best.

Horace


Horace Greeley

Systems Analyst/Engineer
Controller's Office
Stanford University

email: hgreeley@leland.stanford.edu
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