Hey Ho Why is there air? Tradition? Just kiddin round. It could be that because the plate holes in the lower tenor area are closer together than up a bit higher that the thought was not to reduce the mass at that location for strength considerations. However that doesn't give us any answers to why the rest of the holes are recessed. Maybe it was just Theodore S's sense of humor in the late 1800s. You know he and Herman Von Helmholtz were just sitting around ( they were bored oneday .Hey even brilliant guys are bored on some given day of the year,RIGHT1)trying to throw in something to confuse the competition. They thunk it funny to think you an me'd be a sittin round here a hundered years later sayin "WHY' DAY DO DAT' to each other. JUST FOOD FOR THOUGHT AND I'S A LITTLE BORED MAHSELF. Don't starve to deth yah here. Dale Erwin
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