<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Also, Ron, I noticed that the bridge in = your D has the treble and bass bridges connected in a U shape.  We have a used = Yamaha C-7 from the 1970's, I think, that has the same configuration.  = What is that all about?  For stiffness, or what?  Clark</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>