em.20 - 8-31-2012 at 01:10 PM
Hello,
I've readed a few times that the bracing of an instrument is very important for the sound. Recently I saw a video of a luthier who built a baglama and
the soundboard of a baglama actually has no bracing.
How can this be possible?
jdowning - 8-31-2012 at 03:46 PM
The bracing of an oud is important for the sound.
For other instruments it all depends and may relate to sound board thickness as well as the kind of stringing - metal or gut.
Edward Powell - 8-31-2012 at 05:06 PM
many instruments don't have bracing... violins, archtop guitars, banjos... generally with a very very thin soundboard you need bracing - however
the Turkish tambur has a thin soundboard and also no bracing --- however the sound is quiet and lacks punch.
A baglama's soundboard is quite thick and the width from side to side is small - and also there is not so much string tension...