Soundboard contruction methods

Farrell mfarrel2 at tampabay.rr.com
Thu Jan 24 07:12:54 MST 2008


>> I don't know how you would "bend a curve" into a rib except by steaming 
>> it and thus straining the structure and I can't imagine anyone going 
>> about it that way... SNIP
>> JD

I "bend a curve" into all my ribs by laminating five to seven laminations of Sitka Spruce ranging from about three to five millimeters thick. Several small shops are building ribs in a similar manner.

Terry Farrell

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