Hi Monica and Rocky,
My 5-course, made by James Bump in the 1970s and supposed to be "after" a Voboam, has holes for the strings, not slots, in the bridge. There's not much more I can tell you other than to pass along Dan Larson's email address if you'd like. I've never been able to track down Bump. I don't even have my guitar with me at the moment, because I have a student practicing on it for a December recital. Best, Jocelyn -- Jocelyn Nelson, DMA Teaching Assistant Professor Early Guitar, Music History 336 Fletcher Music Center School of Music East Carolina University 252.328.1255 office 252.328.6258 fax [1]nels...@ecu.edu From: Monica Hall <[2]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 22:14:40 +0000 To: Vihuelalist <[3]vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu> Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitar bridges 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" <[4]rm...@comcast.net> To: "Monica Hall" <[5]mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> Cc: "Vihuelalist" <[6]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: [7]http://www.vihuelademano.com/guitars/Voboam/pages2/Voboam-model- baroque-guitar.htm [8]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 -- To get on or off this list see list information at [9]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. file://localhost/net/people/lute-arc/nels...@ecu.edu 2. mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk 3. mailto:vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu 4. mailto:rm...@comcast.net 5. mailto:mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk 6. mailto:vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu 7. http://www.vihuelademano.com/guitars/Voboam/pages2/Voboam-model- 8. http://www.vihuelademano.com/guitars/Voboam/pages1/A.Voboam1676- 9. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
