The back graft is cut from the end of a spruce soundboard. The direction of the grain is very important here. If the grain of the graft travels with the grain of the back, after time it would pull the back joint apart through movement between its annular ring. I have seen this happen on cheap instruments especially lightly built classical's. So the grain must cross the grain of the back for a strong and stable graft.
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