A final thought on ribs

[Antares]

>Danny Moore wrote:
>
>>OK, I can accept that, but why "new" ribs on an old board?  If the board 
>>was truly a beautiful sounding board, it was a result of the whole thing, 
>>including ribs.  This logic was why our teacher taught us to remove the 
>>board, cook the humidity out of it, and glue the original ribs back on
>>in the facory location.  This restores the crown without changing any of 
>>the original characteristics.  Of course one would have to be careful not 
>>to destroy the angle of the inner rim, and (as a result of many years) the 
>>rebuilt board will be slightly smaller than the rim, so the "gap"
>>between the board and the rim must be filled (we used epoxy).
>
André writes back:

Dear Colleagues,
One thing I forgot to mention:
It would *probably* be better to have "old" wood for ribbing old boards.
However, old wood is hard to get and very expensive, but I do prefer seasoned wood in this case.
A final thought.....


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