>There ya go, Ed. Math or not, the effects of the resonator are hard to >ignore. The ease and relative inexpensiveness of installing one of >PianoTeks' new turnbuckle resonators will address your concerns quite >well. In other words, just do it. Then, you can actually listen, in real >time, as you brace the bellyrail in the killer area (and just above). A >couple of quick turns on the turnbuckle and... well..... just do it. Been >there, done that, and will suggest it to ANYone with a hundred and fifty >bucks and a half hour to kill. Well worth it. > >Regards, >Guy Nichols, RPT I don't know anyone who's actually tried it who doesn't agree that belly rails can benefit from additional bracing. That's an impedance and tone consideration having not a thing to do with rim spread causing crown to fall. Ron N
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