How would vertical laminations affect the strength or stiffness of the rib? (Answer: It would not.) If you lay up the laminations horizontally, you can make a rib of specific radius from flat laminae very easily by gluing them up in an appropriately curved caul. Terry Farrell ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Love" <davidlovepianos@earthlink.net> To: "Pianotech" <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 3:27 PM Subject: Re: Laminated ribs > If I read correctly, the laminations are set up in the horizontal plane. > Why would you not set up the laminations in the vertical plane. It would > seem that this would increase the stiffness of the rib and thereby allow > you to use a smaller rib, i.e., less mass. Would that not be better. > > David Love > davidlovepianos@earthlink.net > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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