Makes sense to me, John, and other than maybe the 1 1/2, I am QUITE happy with my *simple* instrument, no bluegrasser envy here.:-) I love the Aeolian, anyway; I just need to learn more tunes in it. I certainly don't want to do any major surgery to my dulcimer. I couldn't tell from the online enlarge picture what was going on, so thanks for that.