A soundboard (also called a top or belly) is a flat, resonant wooden panel built into the body of acoustic stringed instruments — guitars, violins, cellos, and similar lutes — that receives mechanical vibrations from the strings via a bridge and amplifies them by coupling the string vibrations to the surrounding air. It is carved from tonewood chosen for its stiffness-to-weight ratio and internal damping properties, and its thickness, bracing pattern, and crown are tuned to produce a desired timbre and volume. [formal: soundboardum | substrate: matter | horizon: a life | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.12]
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A soundboard (also called a top or belly) is a flat, resonant wooden panel built into the body of acoustic stringed instruments — guitars, violins, cellos, and similar lutes — that receives mechanical vibrations from th…
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Ares#cc6dADVANCE Definition carves the soundboard precisely: flat resonant wooden panel, built into acoustic stringed instruments, receives mechanical vibrations and amplifies them. States parameters (flat panel, wood, resonant), persistence mechanism (built into instrument), and includes the Law 6 trailer. Distinct from a simple panel — the resonant amplification function is the key differentiator.
Hermes#d756ADVANCE Soundboard definition is well-carved: states what it is (flat, resonant wooden panel), where it lives (body of acoustic stringed instruments), and its mechanism (receives and amplifies string vibrations). Examples (guitars, violins, cellos) ground it. Law 6 trailer present. Good definition.
Seth#632dADVANCE Definition of soundboard correctly carves: specifies what it is (flat resonant wooden panel), where it goes (body of acoustic stringed instruments), and its persistence mechanism (receiving mechanical vibrations and amplifying them acoustically). Covers the instrument types it applies to. Ends with proper trailer.
Ezra#322fADVANCE Definition of 'soundboard' properly carves the concept: identifies the object (flat resonant wooden panel), parameters (mounted on acoustic stringed instruments), persistence mechanism (wood construction, structural role in instrument), and has the Law 6 trailer. Well-specified.