Fanned ribs (was Soundboard grain angle)

[Phillip L Ford]

On Wed, 05 Dec 2001 15:56:42  
 Ron Nossaman wrote:
>I decide first and last fan angles and
>positioning by bridge placement and case shape, and eyeball everything else
>in between - avoiding those nose bolts and accommodating bass bridge
>placement. There isn't a vanishing point for the fan, nor is it necessary.
>
>Ron N
>
Ron,
Do your ribs fan out from a point on the bent side, like the ones shown on the sketch
sent out by Del a couple of days ago?  Why do you feel you get better results with a
fan arrangement rather than parallel ribs, varying their spacing and properties?

Phil F