<div class="gmail_quote">On Dec 9, 2007 10:49 PM, Ron Nossaman <<a href="mailto:rnossaman@cox.net">rnossaman@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br>Fine, so why is continuity of grain along the length of the<br>bridge so vitally important, though not clearly apparent in<br>practice?<br><br>A cut bridge has no continuity, a laminated bridge does, and a<br>laminated then cut bridge has some, but not as much.
</blockquote></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>I'm curious about this also. What is required is some material that will transfer energy from the strings to the soundboard. Would wood of any kind work reasonably well for a vertically laminated bridge, assuming there is a traditional maple bridge cap?
<div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Would a bridge made from epoxy work as well as rock maple, ebony, or other choices out there? (I'm not asking based on workability, but just as a theoretical medium for transferring energy.)
<br><div><br>-- <br>JF<br></div></div>