1 4/4 Violin Aubert Semi Fitted Bridge: 100543 Teller Germany 01042FU, With E Ebony insert, of Bosnian Maple A Product of Germany VWWS

The bridge is constructed well and with a couple hours of tinkering with a razorblade and some sand paper - your violin will have a new bridge with custom string action specific to your liking. The most difficult part is getting the feet to sit flush against the body of your violin. I used various grit sandpaper face up on the top of my violin to start, then put a thin layer of lipstick on the face, pressed the bridge into it, and saw where it had high points. Then you just chop the high points off with a razorblade and you are good to go!! Takes some time and dexterity but is worth it when you are done and have revived your old violin. Not sure how much the ebony insert does as it a 1/16" - 1/8" veneer style implant on the E string side, but it sure looks cool!! When I thinned my bridge out to specs the ebony occupies about 80% of the width of the top of the bridge so it must help a bit. I still used the plastic tube to prevent my strings from cutting into it though.

Good quality and sounds nice

This bridge is unique in that the e string ebony insert is such that the bridge must be mounted name facing the violin tailpiece rather than the fingerboard as is customary.

While practicing my son broke the bridge for his violin, this came next day and it's basically like the one he had before.

This product is not just a drop in bridge, and took many hours of fitting and finding the right height to carve it to, and thickness for resonance. Once it was completed, this was one of the best sounding bridges I've heard. Has great projection, and harmonic balance. **** if you are a noob, and wish to try fitting a bridge, buy multiples***. If you mess up the radius on the bottom or top, or hight, you cannot add wood back. Be careful with it, and have fun

We didn't end up using it and instead brought the violin in to get a different one fitted. This one needs to be fitted and have the bottom feet shaved/sanded down to fit the curve of the violin. So, if you think it's a direct replacement without having to do any work then you should be aware that you will need to do some carpentry work to it.

This bridge helped improve the sound of my violin. It has a nicer curve than the bridge that came on my violin. I find that it’s easier to hit only the desired string(s) when playing.You do have to fit it to your violin, which isn’t too hard if you have sandpaper and a little bit of patience.

Yes you have to sand down the feet to fit it to the contour of your violins body. And yes it is easy to do yourself. Just got a little 100 or 150 grit sandpaper and cut it into a small square and rock the bridge around until it fits requires a little patiences, but works. Revived an old violin! Great sound as well