Belly Brace

[Farrell]

That particular hunk of spruce is part of one of the backposts from the old Starr upright that I learned to tune on.

Works much better as a belly rail brace than it ever did as a backpost (sumpin' was wrong with that thar old pie-anna!).

And a belly rail brace like this, IMHO, pales when compared to the original belly rail structure on the Knabe I am working on - that belly rail is a full six-inch by eight-inch hunk of white ash (think baseball bat). IMHO, even a braced belly rail like on this Baldwin or a Steinway pales is stiffness/mass compared to a railroad tie like that on the Knabe.

Terry Farrell
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    Terry
    This to me makes the most sense.  It replaces the wimpy treble "resonator" strip with something substantial.  Nice job. I've taken to putting a beefed up bar here as well.  Not this gi-normous but why not?
    Dale
    And another example:








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