Try temporarily attaching a weight - £1 coin works in UK - close to the foot
of the chien.
Neil
----- Original Message -----
From: "Arle Lommel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 5:08 PM
Subject: [HG] Reducing the buzzing bridge
Hi all,
I have a design question for you. I am currently playing a Balázs Nagy
guitar-bodies French-style instrument. I really like it, especially for
the powerful buzzing bridge (a characteristic of Balázs' instruments),
but there are some contexts where a more subtle bridge sound would be
more suitable. So the question I have is how one goes about making a
buzzing bridge to be responsive yet quiet. What design consideration goes
into it?
If it helps, here is an image of the current buzzing bridge:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/
FrenchBuzzingBridge.jpg
I would ideally like to have a different bridge for when I want a quieter
sound and to keep this one for when I want a powerful sound.
I should also add that the string geometry is correct: this isn't a case
of an instrument with a strong deflection of the trompette at the wheel,
which I know is often a problem. Instead it is almost perfectly
tangential to the surface of the wheel with no visible deflection at all.
Therefore it isn't a simple matter of adjusting the location of the
bridge or its length.
Any thoughts from anyone on the list?
-Arle
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