soundboard

[ sound-bawrd, -bohrd ]

noun

Origin of soundboard

First recorded in 1495–1505; sound¹ + board

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The soundboard, which the violinist holds, takes the vibration of the strings and projects it out as sound.
You might like Stradivarius violins because worms hate them | Sara Chodosh | August 18, 2021 | Popular-Science
Figure 10 shows the layout of ribs, bridges, and strings on the soundboard.
Italian Harpsichord-Building in the 16th and 17th Centuries | John D. Shortridge
The bridges served to direct the course of the strings and to conduct the sound waves to the soundboard.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 | Various
Erard was the first to make it in two pieces of wood, generally sycamore, with the addition of a flat soundboard of Swiss pine.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1 | Various
Guitar or pizzicato notes are obtained by twanging the strings sharply at the lower end near the soundboard with the nails.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1 | Various

We now arrive at this joining of the wood for the soundboard, and the glue to be used must be of the best.
Violin Making | Walter H. Mayson

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