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I was wondering the same thing as @cid or do they all produce the same sound but are "signature" bridges. In other words, the shape is a bridge maker's unique shape or his signature bridge that indicates who made it.
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Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. —Frank Zappa
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These were built by Curtin to minimize bridge mass. Note the laminated construction and use of adjusting feet.
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@Fiddlerman and others. One of these having an inner layer of roasted maple and two outer layers of cf would look so cool on a Glasser cf violin.
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Cleaning up today and found this bridge, here is the patent page and if you look up his other stringed instrument patents he’s got some really different things

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Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. —Frank Zappa
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how odd, never seen one like that before, there is a whole index of old bridges several hundred cataloged my maker and region that you can look at, I saw it a couple of years ago on line very interesting designs down through the years.
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I’ve done a bit of research on cutting bridges and the effects of trimming different parts. I wonder what the affect of the sound is with that split down the middle one. Also has anybody 3d printed a violin bridge? They make wood composites for 3D printing and I wonder what experiments could be conducted.
I stumbled across a carbon composite bridge in my research of violin parts.

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I do wonder just how the shape of the bridge affects things. I saw a post a few years ago explaining how trimming certain parts of the bridge affects certain sounds which does make sense if we take in account the soundpost.
However the major thing it was going on about was the kidneys and how trimming those can tailor the sound. I wish I could find that page again. it even went on to describe the acoustical differences between the classic shapes of the violin.
If I knew how to play a violin I would so experiment with different bridges and materials. Seems like fun.
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