Sounding board
Sounding board is the largest part of
string musical instruments body, which produces sound by
resonance. Most instruments have two
sounding boards: the upper and the lower ones. Some folk instruments have only one
sounding board. Upper
sounding board usually has some resonant holes in it, which can have different shape (round in
guitar, f-holes in
violin family instruments, rosette in
lute etc.).
In different instruments sounding board can have various particular names like plate, belly (in violin) etc.
See also: ribs
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