Peter Tsiorba -> RE: symmetrical fan braces?? (Sep. 19 2010 18:16:01)
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Well that's hard to say. The bracing might and might not have been placed slightly asymmetrical by purpose. Armando We do know that back then, only hide glue was used in the construction of a guitar. Here is my observation based on working with hide glue: I don't think that such small asymmetries are intentional. When using hide glue, the brace is generally floated/rubbed slightly on the glue coated surfaces until the glue "grabs". Using fingers, one holds the brace in that location while some sort of clamping is arranged for. However, the glue rarely grabs in the EXACT spot verifiable with a fine rule. Another possibility could be that the braces were placed quickly and by eye (call it intuition, if you wish), which contributed "intentional asymmetry" to the brace arrangement. Let me make an analogy from the kitchen. I'm chopping onions with a knife, aiming for a more or less even thickness of cut. Now and then, I veer off a bit, and cut into a slightly thicker or thinner slice. Is that intentional? It does add some texture variation in the browned onion mix, and can be a good thing for certain applications? A group of technically minded people (in my absence) might come up with some incredibly nuanced and complex theories as to why the slight variation occurred. As for me, it was just a slip of the knife or the drift of the hand.
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