<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=windows-1252"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1106" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <DIV>Well, here it is, all patched and painted and ready for plate = installation. Note loose foot along bottom of board and generous cut-off sections in = upper left (quite a bit larger than original), in lower right (original = dimension) and partial cut-off of sorts (or maybe better described as a cross-over - = think component stereo speakers) - Del's patented Z-bar, which follows = the curve of the two Z-bar cap pieces seen in the central right-hand area of the = board (extending up and to the right of the tenor end of the bass bridge). = Note also how this picture turned out. It was taken with a flash, and I was = pointing directly/squarely toward the board. I thought this would not turn out = because I expected the flash to light up the whole soundboard into just one bright = light - but the darn soundboard has so much curvature that the flash was reduced = to the small bright spot in the middle! Pretty cool.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <SPAN id=__#Ath#SignaturePos__></SPAN> <IMG alt="" = hspace=0 src="cid:000701c32933$cd756680$abb42341@tampabay.rr.com" = align=baseline border=0></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BODY></HTML>