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[Newton Hunt]

> Is this mostly to prevent having to carve away half of the bridge when 
> notching, or is there a more exotic reasoning behind it than I'm aware of? 

Exotic awareness, I like that.

I have noticed the same effect but I always attributed it to the
narrower angle between bridge and strings.  I have seen some pretty
deep notches on some monsters like the Bosendorfer.

		Newton