I think that this has been pointed out before but I will reiterate here. The
book "La vielle a roue" written by Michael Pignol, for sale from Pascal
Caranga's site or available through AMTA (I think), has a lot of information in
it. Including the effects of placement of the main bridge in the regards to the
wheel. The problem here being that it is all in French. If you are seriously
working on the research you will have to translate the pages. I can scan the
pertinent pages and send them to you for private use only. I don't think it
will be a problem with the copy write. I do suggest that you get a copy of
the book for general information. If you pick out a few words you can get much
of the basics from the book and there are a lot of good diagrams and
measurements.
Scott