Fiddlestix said
Ok, Ros..... let's start over on a better foot.

I didn't say the violin is 30mm shorter, I said the F hole's are in different location's and that put's the nitch in the F hole in a different location.

What I said is, in order for me to get the 328mm string playing length, I had to move the bridge back behind the nitche's which put's it 3cm or 30mm behind the nitch in the F holes.

     

Oh yes, now I see that you did write that.  My first post did not depend on that, but my second one did. 

But I like to post that pdf of average measurements because I think some people will find it useful and it will lead them to an interest in some simple tasks such as stringing a fiddle, making a bridge, and getting their bridge at the correct distance, or even setting a sound post.  It seems that a surprising number of players are afraid to do anything like that.