Farrell wrote: > The only bridge I had laying around was from an upright and it was notched at the tenor/treble break, so I followed your suggestion over the 39" tenor segment - it bowed 5/16" with 100 lbs applied in the middle (my son stood on it). > > I'm not sure what I was supposed to observe. Kinda seemed to act like a big rib. > > Terry Farrell > > Thinking from a "every little bit does some good" perspective one would easily buy into the idea that a crowned bridge would contribute to the soundboard crown at least to some degree. And 100 lbs is a nice big round figure.... half a mans weight and well so at that. You might take one of those pre-crowned ribs... one of the long ones and see how much it takes to press it flat as well for comparision..... -- Richard Brekne RPT, N.P.T.F. Bergen, Norway mailto:rbrekne@broadpark.no http://home.broadpark.no/~rbrekne/ricmain.html
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