soundboard
- noun
- /ˈsaʊndˌbɔrd/
- Specialized
- Guitarinterior: Acoustic guitars feature elaborate bracing under the soundboard to reduce distortion and improve the sound volume.
- underside of the soundboard
- bridge where the soundboard
- larger soundboard
Putting a pencil in his teeth and putting it on the on the soundboard or putting his head down on the piano.
- Putting a pencil in his teeth and putting it on the on the soundboard or putting his head down on the piano.
Examples
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If you examine the underside of the soundboard of each instrument, you will see some marked differences from conventional designs.
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Spruce is an ideal wood for soundboards because of its high stiffness-to-weight ratio.
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Some additional adjustments were made to the sound post and soundboard.
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The partially completed instrument has the same body size as a standard classical guitar but a considerably larger soundboard.
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The bridge, which is glued to the other side of the soundboard, runs parallel to the grain to support the entire structure.
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Also in the belly department, craftsmen fit the soundboard and prepare it to accept piano strings.
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The strings are connected by pins to a cast-iron plate suspended above the soundboard.
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Craftsmen carve notches in the bridge where the soundboard and strings will connect.
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Moreover, the spruce rim, which is light and stiff, joins the maple soundboard, which is hard and dense, creating an impedance mismatch.
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The soundboard of the piano vibrates to amplify the music played on it.
Synonyms
A thin board inside an instrument that vibrates to make the sound louder
How Resonant
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Morphology
Etymology
Soundboard is made from the simple parts sound ('noise') and board ('a flat piece of wood'). It is the thin, wooden part of a guitar, piano, or violin that vibrates to make the instrument's sound louder and richer.