Thank you very much for that information - most helpful. I think my slots
are rather like yours as far as I can tell. They go right down to the
table in front but not at the back.
I was given to understand with a slotted bridge the surface area of the
bridge in contact with table was much less than with a modern guitar and
presumably a lute and that this favoured treble strings at expense of the
bass ones. I was wondering whether this kind of bridge is definitely a
characteristic of baroque guitars or whether it is just a matter of personal
preference.
How do we tell whether the bridges of surviving guitars are the originals?
It raises quite a few questions for me anyway.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rockford Mjos" <rm...@comcast.net>
To: "Monica Hall" <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>
Cc: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2011 9:14 PM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar bridges
My Strad model guitar has triangular cut-outs for strings, with the
points going down to the soundboard. I understand that the museum
original has this style bridge, though it is not thought to be the
original bridge.
Personally, I have not been very keen on this style -- I would prefer a
solid bridge which I could re-drill to change spacing if I wanted!
By "slot" I assume you mean a rectangular-shaped cutout running between
the strings of a course and continuing to the face of the guitar.
Batov's Voboam models have this style which can be seen here:
http://www.vihuelademano.com/guitars/Voboam/pages2/Voboam-model-
baroque-guitar.htm
http://www.vihuelademano.com/guitars/Voboam/pages1/A.Voboam1676-
guitar.htm
Some (at least) of the Barber & Harris guitars may have this type of
slot -- but the web images do not clearly show bridge details.
The Chambure vihuelas by Dan Larson have the slot-style bridge, too. But
I do not remember how his baroque guitars are set up.
-- R
On Nov 27, 2011, at 1:29 PM, Monica Hall wrote:
This is just a quick query to everyone who plays the baroque
guitar -
about bridges.
Mine has slots rather than holes which the strings pass through when
they are tied to the bridge.
Is this usual on baroque guitars. Is there any standard
arrangement.
Monica
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