The Soundboard bit.. RC&S

[Ron Nossaman]

> Ron-
> This being the case, what is the purpose of creating any crown in the board?
> Ed Sutton

To provide an opposing spring for the string downbearing, just 
like with RC and CC boards. The difference is that the crown 
support comes pretty much entirely from the ribs in the RC&S 
boards, and either partially or entirely from the panel in RC 
and CC boards (respectively).

Ron N