This is a real nice discussion....
As a builder I have to confess...
I don't know the answer...
As a luthier building violins to it is easy to say: soundpost is sound
coducting to back... for violins there's no doubt about.
For a hg I'm not shure....
I always fit them in like for a violin but before putting the soundboard on.
I fit them very precisely so fiting 100% to the brace and to the back , and
put a tiny drop of glue on them to fix them.
No holes in stiffener in back or in braces...but good fit...
This way I thing they act as a sound conductor but as a mechanical stiffener
to... so no this...or ...that but this AND that....
A very practical solution....
Marc Reymen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arle Lommel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <hg@hurdygurdy.com>
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: [HG] Sound post?
Thanks for the response Leonard. Who made/designed your instrument?
-Arle
On Sep 5, 2008, at 1:26 AM, Leonard Williams wrote:
Arle--
The luthier who designed the hurdy-gurdy I built insisted that a
sound post was essential. My instrument is a large, flat-(slightly
arched)
backed one. I believe the rationale is that the key-box (mine is
mounted
directly on the soundboard) sufficiently mutes the soundboard that you
need
to have the vibrations transmitted to the back of the instrument. My
hurdy-gurdy is fairly loud.
Regards,
Leonard Williams
On 9/4/08 5:14 PM, "Arle Lommel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have a quick question for the makers on the list, because I have
gotten two *very* different answers to this question while doing
research in Hungary. It concerns the sound posts in HGs.
I was told by one maker that he has confirmed in the laboratory that
the sound board of the HG really has little function and that the
sound posts are primarily a support for the frame. He said that the
sound of the instrument is generated by the box (body) itself and the
radiation of sound into the box.
The second maker told me that this is incorrect and that the sound
board plays a vital role in sound generation and that the sound posts
are thus vital as well.
These makers use rather different construction techniques consequent
to their opinions on the matter. Both makers are well regarded here in
Hungary.
Can some of the experienced makers tell me what their opinions are on
this matter? I'd really like to know what the feeling is amongst
makers outside of Hungary. How important is the sound post in getting
the proper sound from a HG?
Best,
Arle
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