Del writes, > >My personal preference is a vertically laminated body and a horizontally > laminated cap. Del, Having had experience with the design of such bridges, can you give us any general guidelines about how they relate to the standard vertical w/cap? 1. What laminar thickness and grain orientation are you speaking of for the base? For the cap? 2. What kind of glue? 3. What approximate differences in cross-section and height could one expect to produce a bridge of the same stiffness/impedance/transmission/whatever? 4. Have you used this in rebuilding, i.e., a standard vertical base planed down to accept a veneer laminate cap? Or does this change the impedance enough that this really needs to be done from scratch? Not having heard a great-sounding piano with a laminate cap, we have always used a quartered maple cap, but only because we didn't know enough. Vertical laminate base/horizontal laminate cap certainly has some attractive physical properties. Thanks for the informative posts. Bob Davis
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