Hi, if i were the lil angel in this picture(http://www.thecipher.com/viol_TimoteoViti_c1500Madonna-italy.jpg), the dark stripe that you see parallel to the bridge wouldn't be a second bridge but a stripe/piece of cloth intertwined in the strings portions after the bridge to prevent them from buzzing and reverberating in a prasite way the vibrations of the music. Probably this is the same reason that this lady has decorated her viola: http://www.mdw.ac.at/I105/orpheon/Bild-VdgG/Vdg_musscher.jpg Some other pics of violas: http://www.mdw.ac.at/I105/orpheon/Seiten/education/Violin_Vdg_Families.htm ------------------------------------------
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