Bridge for stringed musical instruments

A bridge for a strummed stringed musical instrument comprising a thin body having a bottom base portion adapted to be supported upon a resonant member of the instrument and a top crown portion that is formed with a plurality of V-shaped grooves for holding individual string members of the instrument, and a plurality of pairs of substantially straight baffle slits that extend convergently from said crown edge with each of said pairs of slits straddling a different one of said grooves and with each slit terminating to the same side of an adjacent groove from which it extends from said crown edge, and wherein said base and crown portions have opposed edges that are generally parallel with respect to each other, whereby some sound waves emitted from strings held within said grooves and propagated generally laterally through said crown portion are reflected by said baffle slits towards portions of said crown edge located closely adjacent said straddled V-shaped grooves, back onto said V-shaped grooves for enhanced sound sustention and from said grooves towards said bridge base.