<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3020" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7> <DIV>Or, you can still build with vertical laminations and make for as sharp a dogleg as you wish, as in the photos below.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:009e01c723a3$a98c15c0$0501a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Below is a picture of the finished dogleg. The only potential problem with this approach is the small bit of sound that might leak out of the terminated laminations. Proper sealing of the grain end will minimize this, and you can put a little cup there to catch some of it.  ;-)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:009f01c723a3$a98c15c0$0501a8c0@DESKTOP" align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><FONT face="MS Sans Serif"></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV><FONT face="MS Sans Serif">I made reference to separate treble bridges in my response to Terry's post.  It was tongue-in-cheek, but it is a logical thought to consider having separate bridges.  In my experience, I have seem some weakness in tone and sustain in cases where the treble bridge is cut too deeply for plate bar clearance.  My guess is that this problem would be much worse if the treble bridge actually separated into two bridges.  It also introduces end-of-bridge problems that would not otherwise exist.  Part of the thinking behind vertically laminated bridges is to provide continuity of grain along the entire length of the bridge, and thereby more effect transfer and dissemination of the strings energy to the soundboard.  Separating the bridge would interrupt this effect.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>Frank Emerson</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>To what advantage is minimizing the bridge dogleg? If the bridge needs a 30 <BR>mm offset to maintain target speaking length progression, then why not just <BR>build the bridge with a 30 mm offset? What's the problem?<BR><BR>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>