Laminated ribs

[Farrell]

How would vertical laminations affect the strength or stiffness of the rib? (Answer: It would not.)

If you lay up the laminations horizontally, you can make a rib of specific radius from flat laminae very easily by gluing them up in an appropriately curved caul.

Terry Farrell
  
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From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net>
To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: Laminated ribs


> If I read correctly, the laminations are set up in the horizontal plane. 
> Why would you not set up the laminations in the vertical plane.  It would
> seem that this would increase the stiffness of the rib and thereby allow
> you to use a smaller rib, i.e., less mass.  Would that not be better.  
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> David Love
> davidlovepianos@earthlink.net
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