Hungarian instruments generally have three separate holes for positioning the bridge. The distance from the wheel does matter, with the bridge more sensitive the closer one gets to the wheel.

-Arle

On Mar 31, 2007, at 5:25 PM, Roy Trotter wrote:

Good luck on that. I'd like to know myself, but didn't think of the question. I am designing a test-gurdy to find out what exacly is the optimal effect of wheel distance. I guess, I could build in a moveable chein bridge ( a.k.a. "doghouse"), but need to think about that one a bit....

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