Bridge design

Erwinspiano@AOL.COM Erwinspiano@AOL.COM
Sun, 7 Jul 2002 01:31:55 EDT


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In a message dated 7/6/2002 12:17:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
RNossaman@cox.net writes:


> Subj:Re: Bridge design 
> Date:7/6/2002 12:17:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time
> From:<A HREF="mailto:RNossaman@cox.net">RNossaman@cox.net</A>
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> >         Terry
> >I don't know why they didn't use it. Probably some of the design folks 
> >liked it and some didn't. Or cost factors and simplified production 
> issues.
> 
> Terry, Dale,
> I don't know either, But have either of you tried to laminate a bridge with 
> 
> that shepherd's crook at the end like is in the A? That somehow doesn't 
> strike me as a production simplification, but maybe it's not that bad after 
> 
> you get the jig figured out, and it does stiffen the low tenor. Adding the 
> transition bridge with a re-design  improves the crossover though.
> 
    Ron--No I haven't but I bet it's no cake walk. The bridge I'm describing 
woud be a simplification over the typical shepards crook. Basically the tenor 
bridge stops and then juts towards the bass 5 or 6 inches. It is attached to 
the tenor bridge just to be clear.
... Dale Erwin

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