<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1264" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since the last <U>stab</U> at RC vs CC = got so hot under the collar and the knives were clearly out, let's try going back = to fundamentals. Just how <U>thick</U> is a soundboard?  Is the = thickness related to the area? Presumably the number of ribs are related to the = area? Is it curved on both sides like a violin?..... OK?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards to all</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Michael G = (UK)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>