Better sound after a fallen bridge

In fact, I believe it to be somewhat of a trick employed by violin shops, especially if they keep their stock tuned down. Sure, you tune it up to pitch and it sounds very resonant. But it that sound rarely lasts, which is why one should NEVER buy a violin without playing it for a week, or even two. You will not get the truly representative sound until things settle down.

That sounds reasonable, but Jerry might have noticed had his bridge been so poorly seated for so long? I mean, you can see the gaps long before you can fit a bank note into them.

Enjoy it while it lasts - my latest soundpost move (by a professional luthier 2 months ago) still lasts.

It surely is related to the different modes of vibration of the top plate and how the distance (in 2 dimensions) of bridge foot from the soundpost top head has changed.

It is very unlikely that one can set back up the bridge in the exact, 1000 on 1000, position where it was before.
If now the violin is more resonant, leave it where it is !

"i saw many many times that very trascurable changes in the position of the bridge [...] can alter the way the whole violin sounds"

I suppose this is how we get new words into English.

no pproblems, but I had the same problem - that you know that is not the reason, it is just a fake bridge, and it will go on anyway - the termination of the sound suddenly is for different reasons, but you were not listening.
Also, the horsehair... of the bow is important. More important than a whole family of violins resonanceing in a different way. I was holding my back for this, and now not only my violin sounds ok, so I have something to lose, but also all the horsehair in the world.

I think you have 20, maybe 25 percent chance of repairing it, but I absolutely cannot help you, because like I said, I am also responsible for making a horrible sound, if the horsehair is faulty... bye

Sometimes the feet become stuck in the varnish. Simply freeing them can make a noticeable difference.

Even so, you could set it up next time with the same apparent position and get different results. Another way to find out how it fits on your violin today is to rap on the top around the bridge to see if there are differences in pitch. I am not going to suggest that there is a magic answer, but your result is something to remember if you have to adjust the bridge again.

There are numerous strategies from the world's best violin experts and restorers regarding how to determine the centerline of an instrument, and how the bridge should be placed. Yes, an index card is better than nothing.

The bridge was later rebuilt to a better design to cope with the high winds in the Tay Estuary.