22/04/2025
Inspired by the work of Michael Greenfield , I've incorporated a support plate based his "Tone Halo."
The plate is made of Paulownia and carbon fibre. It provides greater stiffness across the grain of the back plate than it does along the grain, and its shape keeps it pliable in torsion. The bracing system is designed with a focus on the tuning of the fundamental resonance of the back plate. The stiffness of the plate is adjusted via the planing of the diagonal braces, and the resonance fine-tuned by the addition of small amounts of mass, if necessary.
