Bridge design

[Ron Nossaman]

>         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