sandwiched soundboards

[Bill Ballard]

>  > Well its obvious to me that twice the soundboard twice the sound...;-]
>  >
>  > David I.
>
>If the two soundboards are coupled together, I would suspect that the
>second acts more like a damping device, sucking out and dissipating the
>energy of the strings more quickly.
>
>Jim Coleman, Sr.


Unless of course the second actually stiffens the first in which case 
it would be increasing its impedance, and thus slowing the rate of 
transfer from the strings to the first board. I seem to remember 
about 6-8 years ago a Journal article about a Bauer upright with a 
double soundboard. I'd bet they were trying to copy the resonating 
chamber of a violin or guitar.

Bill Ballard RPT
NH Chapter, P.T.G.

".......true more in general than specifically"
     ...........Lenny Bruce, spoofing a radio discussion of the Hebrew 
roots of Calypso music
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