I'd love to, if I ever get the time. I'm guessin' that the intent of this rib design is to maximize support, while retaining excellent elasticity, and that the grain orientation has a lot to do with it. When you pound these boards with your fist, they make an exceedingly gratifing "THUMmmmmmmmmmm" Thump P.S. If anyone out there wants to test this hypothesis before I can, please feel free, and please report back. P.P.S. These ribs are also longly tapered, so the maximum thickness is right under the bridge. > > > P.S. I'm now wondering if the grain orientation on > > these ribs is such as to better lend themselves to > > elasticty. > > Just a "hunch". > > Do some deflection testing and find out instead of > sitting > there "hunching". > > Ron N > _______________________________________________ > Pianotech list info: > https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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