Bridges

Josef Teller OHG - Bridges for Violin and Viola

Graphic Bridge Violin and Viola

Josef Teller OHG, P.O. Box 27, Frankenstr. 43, D-91088 Bubenreuth, Phone +49/9131/89560, info@teller.de, Copyright Neman Grafik 2013
Violin Bridge, German Model, Josef Teller OHG

Violin Bridge — German Model

Our best–selling bridge model has a heart curved towards the top which increases the distance to the kidneys

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄64
  • leg width 4⁄4: 39, 40, 41, 42, 43 mm
  • leg width Viola: 45 – 52 mm
  • various heart heights
Grades
  • Student, Master, Royal de Luxe
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Violin Bridge, French Model, Josef Teller OHG

Violin Bridge — French Model

The flat, less–curved heart decreases the distance to the kidneys.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – ½
  • leg width 4⁄4: 41, 42 mm
  • leg width Viola: 45 – 52 mm
  • various heart heights
Grades
  • Master, Royal de Luxe
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Violin Bridge, Model MKB, Josef Teller OHG

Violin Bridge № 62 — Model MKB

The design corresponds to an old model designed by Josef Teller himself.
The feet are curved upwards on the inside which offers more scope and range when fitting to the violin top.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4
  • leg width 4⁄4: 41, 42 mm
  • leg width Viola: 45 – 52 mm
  • various heart heights
Grades
  • Master
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Violin Bridge, Model Tourte, Josef Teller OHG

Violin Bridge № 27 — Model Tourte

The Tourte Model is an actual classical bridge, whose Baroque borrowings enrichen the form.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4
  • leg width 4⁄4: 41, 42 mm
  • leg width Viola: 45 – 52 mm
  • various heart heights
Grades
  • Master
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Violin Bridge, Cutted Model, Josef Teller OHG

Violin Bridge — Cutted

All of our Student Models are delivered in a fitted form. This accelerates the fitting to the instrument.
Available in sizes high und low.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width 4⁄4: 41 mm
  • leg width Viola: 45 – 52 mm
Grades
  • Student
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Violin Bridge, Model adjustable, Josef Teller OHG

Violin Bridge № 62 — Adjustable

This bridge is fitted. Available in sizes high, medium und low.
The feet are flexible and thus adjust to the arching of the instrument to a certain extent.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – ½
  • leg width 4⁄4: 41, 42 mm
  • leg width Viola: 45 – 52 mm
  • different heights: low, medium, high
Grades
  • Student
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Violin Bridge, U-Inlay, Josef Teller OHG

Violin Bridge — U–Inlay

The ebony inlay acts as a support for the E–string and delays the string from cutting into the bridge.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – ½
  • leg width 4⁄4: 41, 42 mm
  • leg width Viola: 45 – 52 mm
  • various heart heights
Grades
  • Student
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Violin Bridge, V-Inlay, Josef Teller OHG

Violin Bridge — V–Inlay

This bridge with an ebony V–inlay is an alternative to the bridge with the U–inlay.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – ½
  • leg width 4⁄4: 41, 42 mm
  • leg width Viola: 45 – 52 mm
  • various heart heights
Grades
  • Student
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Violin Bridge, Baroque, Josef Teller OHG

Violin Bridge № 68 — Baroque

The deep–set, upside–down heart, the curving between the feet, together with the broad wings make the form of our typical Baroque bridge.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – ½
  • leg width 4⁄4: 41, 42 mm
  • leg width Viola: 45 – 52 mm
  • various heart heights
Grades
  • Master
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Violin Bridge, Hardanger, Josef Teller OHG

Violin Bridge № 71 — Hardanger Model

This special bridge is designed for the Hardanger fiddle upon which certain strings are directed over the bridge in addition to the sympathetic strings which are directed through the heart.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4
  • leg width 4⁄4: 41, 42 mm
  • leg width Viola: 45 – 52 mm
  • various heart heights
Grades
  • Student und Master
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Josef Teller OHG - Bridges for Cello

Graphic Bridge Cello

Josef Teller OHG, P.O. Box 27, Frankenstr. 43, D-91088 Bubenreuth, Phone +49/9131/89560, info@teller.de, Copyright Neman Grafik 2013
Cello Bridge, German Model, Josef Teller OHG

Cello Bridge — German Model

Our German Model, which is available in good student–quality and basic master–quality, is characterized by its round kidneys.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width 4⁄4: 90, 92 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Cello Bridge Nr. 16, French Model, Josef Teller OHG

Cello Bridge № 16 — French Model

This is our classical French model. Due to the amount of material used as well as its form, it creates a nice, warm sound.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width 4⁄4: 86 –100 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Cello Bridge Nr. 27, French Model, Josef Teller OHG

Cello Bridge № 27 — French Model

This cello bridge has less material due to the slightly higher–cut legs. The form tends to the Belgian Model.
The slim oval kidneys leave space for individual optimizing of sound.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width 4⁄4: 86 –100 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Cello Bridge Nr. 2, Josef Teller OHG

Cello Bridge № 2

Basic Beginner‘s Model.
The clear and simplified form of our basic beginner’s model is a result of our workshop`s history:
In Isidor Teller`s workshop, around 1900, the apprentices started carving forms that were technically less demanding. As their skills increased, they worked their way up to the more complex forms of kidneys and hearts.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width 4⁄4: 90 mm; others on request
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Cello Bridge Nr. 4, Model Bausch, Josef Teller OHG

Cello Bridge № 4 — Model Bausch

This old, special edition was designed by Josef Teller in cooperation with a violin maker.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width 4⁄4: 41, 42 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Cello Bridge Nr. 10, Model Tourte, Josef Teller OHG

Cello Bridge № 10 — Model Tourte

A companion to the violin bridge of the same name, our Tourte Model has a classical form enriched by a Baroque heart ornament.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – ½
  • leg width 4⁄4: 90, 92 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Cello Bridge Nr. 20, Model Cauer, Josef Teller OHG

Cello Bridge № 20 — Model Cauer

The Cauer Model, a unique model designed for a luthier in the 1980’s, is still available in our collection.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4
  • leg width 4⁄4: 86–100; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Cello Bridge Nr. 14, Belgian Model, Josef Teller OHG

Cello Bridge № 14 — Belgian Model

The classical Belgian Model , with its high–cut legs, enables the musician to extract a more direct response from their instrument.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width 4⁄4: 86–100; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Cello Bridge Nr. 14/2, Belgian Model, Josef Teller OHG

Cello Bridge № 14/2 — Belgian Model

The model 14/2 is similar to the French Model in that there is less of a leg–cut.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width 4⁄4: 86–100; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Cello Bridge Nr. 8, Josef Teller OHG

Cello Bridge № 8

Our classical Cello Bridge № 8 is enriched by its Baroque form.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width 4⁄4: 90, 92; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Cello Bridge Nr. 24, Baroque Model, Josef Teller OHG

Cello Bridge № 24 — Baroque

This Baroque bridge is optimal for Baroque music perfomances. The upside–down, low–set heart and the slim, vibration–conducting waist, yield the warm sound of Baroque gut–strings.

Specifications
  • leg width: 92 and 94 mm
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Cello Bridge Nr. 15, Adjustable, Josef Teller OHG

Cello Bridge № 15 — Tadj

Our Tadj model is always fitted.
Available in the sizes high, medium und low.
The maple feet are flexibly jointed (without foreign material), making it possible to adjust them, within the limits of certain angles, to the arching of the instrument.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – ½
  • leg width 4⁄4: 90–92 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Cello Bridge, Model Fitted, Josef Teller OHG

Cello Bridge — Fitted

All of our student–quality cello bridges can also be ordered in a fitted version.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width 4⁄4: 90–92 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Josef Teller OHG - Bridges for Double Bass

Graphic Bridge Double Bass

Josef Teller OHG, P.O. Box 27, Frankenstr. 43, D-91088 Bubenreuth
, Phone +49/9131/89560, info@teller.de, Copyright Neman Grafik 2013
Double Bass Bridge, Model Nr. 1, Josef Teller OHG

Double Bass Bridge № 1

№ 1 is our basic beginner`s model.
Its simplified form with a focus on the most important is a result of our workshop`s condition around 1900. The form had to be as simple, clear and precise as possible – corresponding to the skill of the apprentices of the time. It had to be, so to speak, the fundamental form of a bridge.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width ¾: 145 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Double Bass Bridge, Model Nr. 2, Josef Teller OHG

Double Bass Bridge № 2

Our № 2 is an alternative to the beginner`s model with a more elaborate heart.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width ¾: 145 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Double Bass Bridge, German Model, Josef Teller OHG

Double Bass Bridge — German Model

Our German Model is available in good student–quality and basic master–quality, with its characteristic, round kidneys.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width ¾: 145, 150 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Double Bass Bridge Nr. 15, French Model, Josef Teller OHG

Double Bass Bridge № 15 — French Model

Our sturdy French Model has enough material so that it can be carved for an individual fit.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width ¾: 150 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Double Bass Bridge Nr. 16, French Model, Josef Teller OHG

Double Bass Bridge № 16 — French Model

Our stylish French Model № 16 appears slightly more elegant and gentle compared to № 15 due to the deeper curves on the sides.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width ¾: 145 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Double Bass Bridge Nr. 27, French Model, Josef Teller OHG

Double Bass Bridge № 27 — French Model

This bridge has less material due to the high–cut legs. The form is similar to the Belgian Model. The slim oval kidneys leave space for the individual optimization of sound.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width ¾: 150 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Double Bass Bridge Nr. 14, Belgian Model, Josef Teller OHG

Double Bass Bridge № 14 — Belgian Model

Our classical Belgian Model, with its high–cut legs, enables the musician to extract a more direct response from their instrument.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width ¾: 150 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Double Bass Bridge, Model Nr. 8, Josef Teller OHG

Double Bass Bridge № 8

This classical bass bridge is enriched by its Baroque forms.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width ¾: 150 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Double Bass Bridge Nr. 10, Model Tourte, Josef Teller OHG

Double Bass Bridge № 10 — Model Tourte

A companion to the cello bridge of the same name, our Tourte Model has a classical form enriched by a Baroque heart omament.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width ¾: 145 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Double Bass Bridge Nr. 5, Model Vienna, Josef Teller OHG

Double Bass Bridge № 5 — Model Vienna

This equally–proportioned, special model is characterized by its unique and concise heart shape.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width ¾: 150 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Double Bass Bridge Nr. 28, Model Repairing, Josef Teller OHG

Double Bass Bridge № 28 — Repairing

All opening elements of this model are placed a little deeper which works especially well for repairing.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – 1⁄8
  • leg width ¾: 150 mm; others on request
  • various heart heights
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Double Bass Bridge, Model Screwable, Josef Teller OHG

Double Bass Bridge — Screwable

Every single bass bridge model can be equipped with a brass, aluminum, ebony or boxwood screw for height–adjusting purposes.

Specifications
  • 4⁄4 – ½
  • leg width: all
  • various heart heights
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