The Bridge

The bridge acts as a sound wave conductor on Erhu. It transmits the vibration from the string to the vibrating skin. The efficiency of wave transmitting plays an important role in determining the quality of the sound produced, whereas the types and structures of the bridge determine the tone colour of the sound.

Generally there are two types of bridge, that's the white one and the black one. The difference between them is that the black one is fried by using boiling oil but the white one isn't. The sounds produce by two of them are also different, black one's softer and more delicate, while the white one's louder and rougher.

Here's the pictures of the black and the white bridges.

Besides, there are still other types of bridges for Erhu which don't look similar to this, I will share them on this blog some other day. Cheers~