Hey Good People,
the question is fairly simple: does a lap steel need a truss rod or can it be worked out by using sufficiently rigid materials for the body?
My logic says a rigid body will work just fine but my logic has gotten me in severe troubles
So I decided to go a bit fancy and knocked up a psaltery and did up an instructable for it. I even made my own zither pins.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Lap-Harp-Psaltery/
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