On Sat, 08 Dec 2001 08:50:00 Ron Nossaman wrote: >From a soundboard restriction standpoint, anything longer then the speaking >length is useless, obviously. Yes, now that you mention it, it is obvious but I must admit (sheepishly) that I didn't think of it. So, there at least is an upper limit for Richard's experiment. He only needs to explore lengths between zero and speaking length. >The longer the back scale is, the more likely >it will be to make noise, especially in the more flexible areas of the >soundboard like the mid to low tenor. Hence the string braid. True. But if it markedly improves the performance of the speaking length this might be a price that you're willing to pay. After all, there's always stringing braid. > Of course, >I've seen many a factory installed tuned rear duplex bar in (factory) >braided off sections of the tenor. Very confusing. If it's there, it should >be tuned, right? Isn't that the mantra? > >Ron N > Yes, I've seen this too. Curious. It does seem to be at odds with the mantra. I'm sure someone on the list will enlighten us (at length) about why this feature is improving the tone. Phil F
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