Dear Kenneth,
of course you are right, but I was commenting on guitars,
where there is a tradition (maybe pre-Torres) to block
unwanted vibrations around the soundhole by reinforcing the
wood inside. (Actually my Ramirez has a thin broad wooden ring
glued under the soundboard around the hole,
At 08:17 16-12-2003 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In a message dated 12/15/03 9:53:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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>> As to the origins - the Moors were extremely advanced practitioners of the
>> art of ornamental symmetry. Perhaps, bored with the sight of an open hole,
In a message dated 12/16/03 3:18:42 AM Eastern Standard Time,
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> I heard this has acoustical reasons, together with a thicker
> soundboard around the hole the inlay influences the sound. At
> least I think this is what I read about Torres' guitars.
Hi Stephan:
Actuall
In a message dated 12/15/03 9:53:31 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> As to the origins - the Moors were extremely advanced practitioners of the
> art of ornamental symmetry. Perhaps, bored with the sight of an open hole,
> they covered it with an ornamental grill work. This
Am 15 Dec 2003 um 14:36 hat BobClair or EkkoJennings
geschrieben:
> As to the origins - the Moors were extremely advanced practitioners of
> the art of ornamental symmetry. Perhaps, bored with the sight of an
> open hole, they covered it with an ornamental grill work. This just
> became a visua
Not to start the cycle over again, but I doubt the rose has any significant acoustic
effect other than controling
the effective size of the opening.
As to the origins - the Moors were extremely advanced practitioners of the art of
ornamental symmetry. Perhaps, bored with the sight of an open hol
