Does this violin need a new bridge?

[Filippo Sciarra]

Hi all, I've had this violin for two years now. It's an italian workshop violin made in 1973, and, as time goes by, I'm noticing both a worsening in the sound of the E string, getting more and more tinny and piercing, and also the string litterally digging deeper and deeper into the bridge. I'm more and more convinced that the two things are strongly correlated.
I brought it to a luthier a couple of weeks prior to check a couple of things and he agreed, also mentioning that the bridge itself is quite strange in the arching.

I'm pretty sure I'm going to be needing a new bridge, but I'm asking you just to get your opinion about it and if you notice anything else about it.
Thank you in advance and have a good day, I've also uploaded a small sound sample to hear you opinions about it.

[FiddleDoug]

It might be possible for your luthier to fix that bridge. I've never see one cut that deep by the string. I have for lesser grooves, filled it in with a mix of wood dust and CA glue, and then put a parchment over it. A main consideration is the height of the strings over the fingerboard. Let your luthier take care of things.

[deans]

I would probably ask a luthier to reshape that bridge first, those string notches cant be helping. Try that for a while, if it doesnt help tonally, or the strings are too low, go for a new bridge.

[Deo Lawson]

You can fill the gap with CA glue and sawdust. It is not a permanent solution as the CA glue is not as resilient as the original wood and also has a hard time fully saturating sawdust.

[Torbjörn Zethelius]

Consider a new post or moving it.

[nathan slobodkin]

8 hours ago, Torbjörn Zethelius said:

Consider a new post or moving it.

Why?