<!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 5.50.4134.600" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>John,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> To me the reason that there is a = difference is the board is first going to be excited in an up and down motion as it = is struck on the top of the bridge. When the bridge is struck from the side = it will not be as ready to impart the energy as directly to the sound board as = with its design it is not the bridge that is primarily responsible for = transduction of sound to the air. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>CONRAD is the suit in the = mail?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joe Goss<BR><A href="mailto:imatunr@srvinet.com">imatunr@srvinet.com</A><BR><A href="http://www.mothergoosetools.com">www.mothergoosetools.com</A></FO= NT></DIV></BODY></HTML>