Baroque Bridges


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Baroque Bridges by Despiau
Beside strings, another important factor in trying to get the best sound from an instrument is the set up and adjustment, especially in connection with changing the stringing profile. Experiments (even quite radical) with the placing of the sound post can always be recommended but, surprisingly enough for some, the choice of bridge model has a major impact on the performance of an instrument. We can supply many models of baroque bridge and we strongly recommend adjusting several different models to your instrument to find out which one functions best for just you. Your violin maker can do it for a relatively low cost and you often get a “new” and better instrument. You can later quickly and easily exchange and compare these adjusted bridges yourself, using the String Lifter.

Baroque bridges by Despiau:
  • Violin bridge
  • Viola bridge
  • Cello bridge
  Baroque bridge by Despiau Viola AB3   Baroque bridge by Despiau Violin VB4
  Baroque bridge by Despiau Viola AB1   Baroque bridge by Despiau Viola AB4 
   Baroque bridge by Despiau Violin VB7   Baroque bridge by Despiau Cello
Baroque Bridges by Milo Stamm: 
A different bridge model can change the tone of your instrument in a desirable direction – make a dull instrument brighter and a shrill one rounder. String King offers several models of bridge based on originals connected with great instrument makers or violinists from the 17th and 18th centuries.

  • Violin bridge
  • Viola bridge
  • Cello bridge
  Baroque bridge by milo stamm   Baroque bridge by milo stamm
  String King baroque bridges milo stamm   String King baroque bridges milo stamm
Baroque Bridges by Fiedler:Brroque Bridge Viola Dick Fiedler Medicea search

Fiedler Bridge Baroque Medicea, unfitted
Elegantly painted based on a design which Stradivari used to decorate a viola bridge he made in 1690. Though the bridges are hand-painted on both sides, their height can be lowered by up to 2 mm for violin and viola models and up to 4 mm for cello models without infringing upon the painted area.
  • Viola bridge
  • Cello bridge
  Brroque Bridge Dick Fiedler Medicea String King
Fiedler Bridge Baroque Stradivari, unfitted
With ebony infilled Stradivari logo.
The Stradivari logos found on Rudolph Fiedler’s bridges and tailpieces are not stamps, they are 0.5 mm deep carvings, infilled with an ebony wood paste. This technique was used by Stradivari himself.
  • Cello bridge
  Brroque Bridge Viola Dick Fiedler Stradivari

Fiedler Bridge Viola da gamba Discant/Alto, unfitted
Natural maple bridges with ebony infilled Stradivari logo.
The Stradivari logos found on Rudolph Fiedler’s bridges and tailpieces are not stamps, they are 0.5 mm deep carvings, infilled with an ebony wood paste. This technique was used by Stradivari himself.
  • Viola da gamba bridge
  Brroque Bridge Viola Dick Fiedler alto discant
Rudolph Fiedler - Fine Fittings
There has recently been a resurgence in interest in early baroque music and the unique instruments used to play this music. The Rudolph Fiedler workshop is one of the leading makers of gambas in Europe and has dedicated itself to the rediscovery of the techniques used to make these early instruments. The baroque fittings Rudolph Fiedler produces are based on the work of Antonio Stradivari as documented in Simone F. Sacconi´s book entitled "I 'Segreti' di Stradivari". The gamba fittings are made according to Rudolf Fiedler´s own high standards of production.