This is very rare on violins but due to a tiny fracture in the foot of the bridge the whole thing just went down, possibly caused by an incorrect tailpiece for the strings I was using.
Replacement Bridge has been made by Poole based Luthier Andrew Bellis, it has been oiled and is set up for gut strings this means that it raises the strings slightly higher than normal to allow them to resonate as much as possible without hitting the fingerboard.
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