<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=text/html;charset=iso-8859-1 = http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content='"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=GENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Hello dear colleagues</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Thanks for all your answers for my = old agraffe removing problem. At last I finish the job with the "official" = method by there i.e.c. with a tool called "pointe carrée" = (square end) that we here to open holes in wood before puting screws in it. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>My question today is :</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>A colleague submit me the idea that = the slant on the bridges is designed to push the sounboard in a S shape, so there is = a better resistance because this shape is more stable He told me the same design = exists intentionally in the Ovation guitar sounboard.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>What do you think ?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I wish a VERY GOOD YEAR 99 to you = all on the list, and I am always trying to convince the tuners I meet to subscribe.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>P.S. Very impressive is the thread = on impedance. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I've found a temporary answer on the = "Harmonicity of length" and "Harmonicity" parameters = I found in a German scaling program I have. ("TURBO" , from Peter = Tholey, I was looking for a meaning of that a while ago)  It would be a = parameter of the sound quality predicted, according to the "German Scale" = rules edicted by Klaus Fenner , wich is a reference here in piano computation. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Any new idea on that will be welcome.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Best regards</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Isaac = OLEG</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>