The holes in the side bridges are drilled at 90-degrees rather than angled, so that the string has to bend through the hole after the side bridge is placed on the sound board. Why?
I run the strings through the side bridges in order to reduce sustain; that’s why I don’t use delrin rod on the side bridges and run the strings over the delrin rod. If you don’t mind more sustain, you can run the strings over delrin on the side bridges. The reason the holes in the side bridges are drilled at a 90-degree angle is that when the side bridge is placed on the sound board, the string will have to bend through the hole. This ensures that the string will not buzz in the hole during play.
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