mr roper
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I ordered the Harptone baritone kit without the sound hole cut so that I could try doing a simple inlaid rosette. Could someone tell me what the usual sound hole diameter is on a baritone?
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Baritone sound hole size?
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luvzmocha
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DaveVisi
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I'd start a little smaller than the chart recommendations so you can "tweak" the air chamber resonance. I had a guitar that had a bad resonance in just the wrong spot. Reducing the soundhole size might have fixed it, but it was a finished guitar so that option wasn't available to me.
The easy answer, from Scott Antes baritone plans, is 2 7/8".
mr roper
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Thanks. Now that I know the hole size I can setup and make some trial cuts for the rosette on scrap.
BR Ukuleles
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Mine are 72mm so that is pretty darn close to the 2 7/8".
mr roper
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Thanks, Allen. I'm not sure if I'll do 2 13/16 or 2 7/8 but a 1/16th won't make much difference, right?
BR Ukuleles
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I wouldn't loose sleep over it. There are a heap of other things to consider before you start tweaking the size of the sound hole for optimum performance.
mr roper
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Yeah, and this is a somewhat unproven design and my learner building skill is going to add a whole lot more variables than the size of the sound hole.
BTW I think the kit as designed comes with a 2 3/8 sound hole.
BTW I think the kit as designed comes with a 2 3/8 sound hole.
Hobo
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The sound hole on the Musicmaker's Dakota baritone kit is 2-3/8. My vintage Harmony bari has a 2-5/8 sound hole.
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