<!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 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't know that there is anything = "wrong" with using Dag or graphite, but some, including me, don't think it is = necessary. Hard maple is a rather lubricious wood and strings slide over it quite = easily. The photo below is of one of my bridges.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I think most rebuilders and = manufacturers use black goop on the bridge tops because "that's what you're supposed to do".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><IMG alt="" hspace=0 src="cid:009901c5616a$0a88c3d0$0201a8c0@youro0kwkw9jwc" = align=baseline border=0></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a question about the bridge = you made for the Overs Kawai:</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the original bridge had graphite on = its top, so why did you choose not to graphite it?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is graphite a bad thing (although = many manufacturers graphite their bridges) when applied on top of bridges?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Congratulations again, and it would = be good to hear the "beast".</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial = size=2>Quentin</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>