<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2873" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>  Ron</DIV> <DIV>   Yes, so right. A person building a system like this to my mind is simply not accepting the concept the sound boards & strings are counter opposing springs that move air more effceintly when made in this fashion.  I've reported on nicely crowned boards with 0/zero  bearing that sounded very dull and boring.  A dreadful attack & immediate sustain loss.</DIV> <DIV>  It's like spending big bucks on th right gun/ammo etc. then going hunting but shooting yourself in the foot.</DIV> <DIV>  Dale</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Soundboard designers <BR>always have, and still do have the option of designing zero <BR>bearing soundboard's with absolutely no detectable penalty in <BR>string to bridge coupling with conventional pinning.<BR><BR>Ron N<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>