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First of all please forgive the leaps of assumptions I will make in this write up. I purchased a blem Shar Amadeus viola as wrech around for travel etc. It actually has a pretty nice sound but being an engineer I can't leave well enough alone. So I did the normal setup stuff soundpost and bridge. The problem that I'm having is because eventhough the bridge fits perfectly without the strings. Under string tension the bass side seens to change shape making the end of the bridge pull away from the viola surface. Is this normal for violas to do this? I've set up only 2 violas before this and none of them had this problem. OK so heres where the assumptions start. In puting in the sound post I noticed little squares of wood down the center line on both the top and the bottom plates. To make sense of this my theory is that the plates are CNC machined and the wood blocks are just the reminants of this process. Inspecting the base bar I see no evidence thats its glued in. Makeing me believe that its also CNC machined. If this is the case would this viola benefit from a real base bar thats glued in? Since I'm doing it myself I'm not concerned about cost. Its more of a fun project. I was also going to experiment with tap tuning just as a learning experience. The sound of it right now is very nice on the C and G strings actually its perfect. But its kind of echoy on the D and A strings. It actually kind of rings when playing on those 2 strings. Any thoughts in regard to changing the base bar?
