> Terry >I don't know why they didn't use it. Probably some of the design folks >liked it and some didn't. Or cost factors and simplified production issues. Terry, Dale, I don't know either, But have either of you tried to laminate a bridge with that shepherd's crook at the end like is in the A? That somehow doesn't strike me as a production simplification, but maybe it's not that bad after you get the jig figured out, and it does stiffen the low tenor. Adding the transition bridge with a re-design improves the crossover though. > Back to the Stwy Ms under cut bridge in the low tenor. If it was for > mass reduction or flexiblity why then did they put the same amout of mass > back under the bridge in the form of a large dowell and wooden nut > negating the bridge mass reduction idea? I dunno either. the Stwy M isn't > the only model or brand to employ this either. I personally don't put the > nuts and dowells back on any more unless requested for > originality Issues by techs. > Dale Erwin Me either, nor dowel through ribs. I have no idea what process they went through (if any) to arrive at this approach. Ron N
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