Farrell wrote: > Hi Ric, sounds like you are moving along nicely on your project. My > understanding is that there are two trains of thought on this issue. > > The first is a perhaps traditional view that suggests the panel must > fit snugly to the edge - I think this is part of the "circle of sound" > thing and reflecting soundwaves or vibrations or whatever. Like maybe > the sound might leak out the edge of the panel? Andre Bolduc pours > fiberglass resin into any gaps between soundboard panel edge and the > inside surface of the outer rim. > > I think some more progressive thinking (IMHO) suggests that all you > need to do is have the edge of the soundboard firmly attached (glued) > to the inner rim. If the edge of the soundboard is immobilized (glued > to the inner rim), you have done all that matters. > Thanks Terry, I just wanted to make sure I wasnt doing something stupid either way. I take this too mean the idea is to insure enough gluing surface, and leave it at that. Certainly (at least) in this case. > If the board is now a little smaller than when you took it out, your > locator marks aren't going to be super useful in trying to figure out > where to position the soundboard. Likely the best method will be to > get the bridges optimally located. If you measured the original > speaking lengths, try a combination of reproducing the original > speaking lengths and good alignment of the speaking and backscale > portions of the strings (assuming they were aligned to begin with - > perhaps a big assumption!). I took three spots on the bridge and measured back to the case inner wall. Sideways I actually dont have any measurements... probably dumb :)... but I suppose the panel shrunk rather uniformly so I will just position in the middle sideways. I havent tried refitting the bridge yet. It had 6 dowel holes that also went through the soundboard. I suppose I am going to have fun getting those right. :)... live and learn. I'm planning to refit the origional bridge (after some steam twisting and bending to get it flat again) before gluing in the panel, as I am doubtfully I can get enough pressure on it for gluing otherwise. > If you have good photographs of the original alignment, you can refer > to those. Presumably, the bridges have not changed dimensions much. I dont think I do have pictures of the original alignment... per se... but I will look through what I took. New pics I can get !! > Keep us informed. Photographs? > > Terry Farrell > This is great fun btw. Changes ones perspectives quite a bit. If this works out well.. I may even try my hand at a real panel. Tho somebody is going to have to teach me how to notch a bridge really nicely first... hehe. Cheers RicB
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