Two points have me considering the making of a port on a Larrivee S/R parlor.
First, a barndoor control panel's removal (upper bout front) from a classical guitar, greatly broadened the overall sound, as much volume coming from the 'port' as from the top. Far less satisfying was a quarter-sized port that I cut into a Rainsong parlor, on the side of the upper bout, optimally placed (so I thought) to 'point' at my ear, and it is too focussed, too loud.
The Larrivee's sound, as it now stands, naturally enough comes from the lower bout/bridge area, and due to the smaller body size it seems constrained, but I hope to expand its breadth. I imagine that a port as small as the Rainsong's, but placed more to the front/closer to the neck, is a reasonable hope.
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