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SOUNDBOARD or SOUNDING BOARD. Another word for Belly [see vol. i. p. 220]. The wood employed for the soundboards of European instruments, on account of its resonant qualities, is the light and elastic Abies Excelsa or Spruce Fir.

[ A. J. H. ]

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