> Hi Ron, I think it's not cross strung but what's > called semi-oblique because the treble strings aren't > parallel to the bass ones. Hi Clark, Yup, that's mostly what I figured. >Harding shows a section > from an 1839 patent page 244 where the resisting bars > go through the bridge, you can see the recesses in the > detail photo. Harding? Got the patent number? I can't tell much of what I'm looking at in the detail photo. Ron N
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