<!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 6.00.6000.16587" 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>  <STRONG><EM>Ron</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>     This is a beautiful summation! Yeah just what I said.  Hmmm</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>    Cake indeed.</EM></STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG><EM>    Dale</EM></STRONG></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>> */I'm just trying to get a sense of that interchange of stiffness from <BR>> compression verse rib support. I guess the hybrid covers the in <BR>> between range, but I think the variations might be fascinating, soundwise./*<BR><BR>Structurally, it's a matter of choosing which compromise best <BR>meets your criteria. Tonally, you have to find what produces <BR>what you want to hear, regardless of the structural and <BR>longevity price. Then you have to consider the climate <BR>extremes the whole mess will be subjected to and decide what <BR>will best meet your performance criteria for what you consider <BR>an adequate amount of time under the abusive conditions in <BR>which it will be expected to perform, and build it. Piece of <BR>cake...<BR>Ron N<BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT><BR><BR><BR><DIV><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px">Who's never won? <A title="http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548" href="http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp00300000002548" target="_blank">Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music.</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>