<!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 6.00.2800.1400" 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=rol= e_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV>In a message dated 7/31/2004 9:29:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, Richard.Brekne@grieg.uib.no writes:</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>  Ric</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000= 000 size=2>   I believe Calin has accurately made the correct observation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV>   Dale</DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000= 000 size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000= 000 size=2> </DIV> <DIV><BR> Unless you are saying that the speaking length of the string required the front notch to be where it is, and the lack of  a dogleg t= hen forces a shorter contact segment ?  That would make sense I suppose... = so then, you are saying they did this to avoid using a dogleg in the bridge its= elf ?... Ok.. :) whats the benifit of avoiding the dogleg then ?<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>RicB</FONT></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>