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a_arnold -> I got a look inside a $20,000 Humphrey the other day. (May 18 2010 4:45:06)
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The top bracing was definitely non-Torres. Three Torres-style braces near the center of the lower bout, and then 3 more short braces on either side the fan out from an axis parallel to the cross-braces on the back. These 3 top braces on either side of the lower bout looked like a chicken footprint with the heel facing the centerline of the top. The chicken-foot brace pieces were about 2" long.
The 3 central Torres-style braces were almost parallel, and looked like they would do nothing to stop the (EXTREMELY thin) cedar top from splitting or flexing. In fact, the bridge was the only structural element that would stop flex about the centerline of an unmounted top.
All the braces had a thin piece of graphite laminated on the top surface.
Although the top was WAY too thin to stand a golpe, and the elevated neck was incompatible with flamenco, the bracing pattern was interesting and maybe applicable to flamenco. Anybody here ever used it?
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