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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Sadly, I suspect you are correct Jon that more soundboard
there would be a marketing gimmick. However - and I'm just gonna say this
because of the one-in-a-million chance that someone had their thinking cap on -
maybe, just maybe, a designer attempted to shape the soundboard such that the
treble end of the long bridge would be better centered on the soundboard. I
know, I know, that's pretty ridiculous, but maybe, just maybe?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I don't suppose those Curriers also came equipped with the
fabulous "Z-Bar".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV>
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size=-4>><I> Oh, okay, I get you now. It's ultimately the strength of the
plate that</I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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size=-4>><I> would allow a design that has the soundboard extending up
behind the</I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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size=-4>><I> pinblock.</I></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-4>And
what on earth does it do up there?!</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>It gives the sales people bragging rights on more sounding board area,
basic PR BS.</DIV>
<DIV>They did the same thing with the bass cutoff bar.</DIV>
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<DIV>My question would be, how does one restring these? You can't support the
block</DIV>
<DIV>while driving pins, I've often wondered about this while encountering
Astin-Weights;</DIV>
<DIV>hoping I would not have to replace a loose pin.</DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>Jon Page</PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>