<HTML> <TT>Stacy,</TT><TT></TT> <P><TT>This is original, and it's a better scheme than what Sohmer used in their bridges with agraffes.</TT><TT></TT> <P><TT>H&D's have agraffes with the holes at an angle, and they are installed alternating the orientation for each neighboring unison. As a result, the net twisting forces exerted onto the bridge and soundboard are cancelled out.</TT><TT></TT> <P><TT>Sohmers, on the other hand, like to pull their bridges right off.</TT><TT></TT> <P><TT>Clark</TT></HTML>