On 1/10/2013 8:44 AM, Euphonious Thumpe wrote: > Thanks, Ron! > You know BOODLES more than I about rebuilding, and I'm grateful for the > affirmation regarding the efficacy of an epoxy-soaked bridge. BUT I know > that a dense material transmits vibration better than a less dense one > (hence the superior transmission of sound through water) so filling the > interstices in the cellular structure of the wood MUST have some benefit > according to the Laws of Physics, although whether it would be > perceptible to the ear remains a question. And as for the bridge-top > lube: I was particularly concerned about some plastic-y "stickiness" > that the epoxy-might present, but if no-one else here has witnessed it, > am relieved to hear it. Believe what you like, but in my world the strings move the bridge, the bridge moves the soundboard, which moves the bridge, which moves the strings, etc. A bridge hard enough to not absorb the string pulse without moving will do it's job without my pretending to know what the little vibrations are doing. Ron N
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