soundboardinstal

[Ron Nossaman]

>How would one calculate a soundboard & ribs?
>I have always wondered about this.
>
>  Calin Tantareanu

I don't know what anyone else does, but I do a load analysis of the rib set 
from the new string scale. Downbearing loads on each rib are used to 
calculate deflection, and the ribs are sized to give me the deflection 
ranges I want through each section of the scale.

Ron N