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Post #1 Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 7:19 pm 
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I am considering building a table goban in a way similar to an acoustic instrument anyboy have suggestions on how this could affect sound or layout

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Hi della, I'm guessing it will sound hollow. :) But the difference in sound quality
probably will be less pronounced if you gently place the stone on the board,
compared to smacking it down. :)

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Post #3 Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 4:14 am 
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Okay. Thanks for the help GO is not a dreadfully well known game in Muncie, Indiana. At least not to my knowledge.

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Post #4 Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 7:03 am 
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della wrote:
Okay. Thanks for the help GO is not a dreadfully well known game in Muncie, Indiana. At least not to my knowledge.


I have thought about that before. I purchased a go ban with two inch feet. I thought it was cool and had a louder sound, but it wasn't all that accepted at the local go club. Go players generally prefer quiet.

Recently I built a headboard for a bed, from a slab of live edge walnut. I was thinking something similar would do well for a go board, especially if it had really figured grain.

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Post #5 Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 7:36 am 
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I think hollow boards were common in Korea (and China?). Some even had resonating strings inside.

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Post #6 Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 8:16 am 
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Neat idea, it should be crazy loud if you do it right.

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Post #7 Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 12:36 pm 
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I would build a solid board but this is going to be one for personal use. Btw anybody know where i could get a resonable deal on stones nothing extravagant but function for beginners on a 100 usd total budget japanese are preferred but i`ll take what i can get

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Post #8 Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 5:37 pm 
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della wrote:
where i could get a resonable deal on stones nothing extravagant but function for beginners on a 100 usd
total budget japanese are preferred but i`ll take what i can get
I highly recommend the 10mm ING stones from Yutopian.
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Post #9 Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 5:50 pm 
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Okay thanks for the suggestion i`m quite new to the game and this isn`t really a well known game where I live, well let it suffice to say that a decent chess player is an oddity as well.

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