Soundboards ... Seriously

[Ron Nossaman]

>Has anyone you know of experimented with a different, impervious material 
>for soundboards or a sealing technique that would take a lot of the 
>humidity factor out of pitch stability?
>
>Alan Barnard


For one:
http://www.speech.kth.se/music/5_lectures/conklin/newmaterials.html

But then there's the rust...

Just putting ribs on both top and bottom of a conventional board, solid or 
laminated, should make a substantial difference.

Ron N