chisels over to bridge height

[RicB]

Hi Folks

I cant say what a wealth of information this thread has yielded.  I hope 
I might trouble you all for one more piece of advice.  I'm just about 
ready to lay out my pattern and drill bridge holes.  I did a very nice 
job of fitting the bottom contour of the long bridge to the curvature of 
the soundboard, which is temporarilly fixed by clamps to the rim to 
simulate its glued state.  And I find that I need to bring down the 
bridge surface in order to get the kind of downbearing angles I need.  
The question I have is that in an un-notched state... the bridge will 
present a height at the leading edge then otherwise... particularly 
noticeable in the high treble.

So... how does one account for and deal with this when planning down the 
bridge surface for desired string deflection ?

Thanks again

RicB