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Originally Posted by mhw48
Very interesting -- so the shaping of the top braces takes place after the top is attached, and not before? If so, I assume that happens before the back is fitted to the rim.
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Ervin's process is to do the final voicing after the top is glued onto the rim, before the back is attached. The reason being that glueing to the rim drastically changes how the top responds. The normal process is to do some "pre voicing" before glueing on the top, which involves removing safe wood which is easier to do at that stage than after its on the rim. For this build, Ervin recommended that I leave all the braces full height so I could learn more about how the response of the top changes as wood is removed from the braces.