Hi Jim, At 06:34 PM 12/29/97 EST, you wrote: >... In addition >that the main reason for gluing the board to the rim is to hold the board >captive so that the middle of the board can do it's work without the entire >assembly moving up and down. Just a swag..... Dead on. Not as entertaining as the entire mess flailing about under play, but sounds a lot better. >I don't recall ever hearing any tech say that rim spread causes board >flattening. I thought that is what Ed Foote was suggesting. I'll have to go back and read it again. >Although, I have heard salesmen telling customers that the reason >M&H had the spider underneath was to keep the sounding board "bowed up". >(personally I always thought that it was there to give unsuspecting movers >hernias.) :-) >Jim Bryant (FL) > I was told it was to scare the mice. %-) Seriously though, someone on the list suggested it was to put the case sides under tension to improve resonance. Seemed to me to be a reasonable idea. Ron Nossaman
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