Violin bridges (was The Soundboard according to McFerrin)

[John Delacour]

At 7:57 PM -0500 1/5/02, Allegrofinemusic@AOL.COM wrote:
>Hi List,
>I was lucky to work with a violin maker who apprenticed in Mittinwald.
>I asked this question once and got this reply.
>The cuts help keep the strings at the correct spacing and stops em 
>from slipping out of plumb.
>This is an obvious thing to do in the development from a flat bridge 
>to a curved one.

It is not these grooves we are talking about but the "decorative" incisions.

JD