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I carved this myself out a layerd block I glued together myself with some files that I picked up at radio shack. The top layer is a bone strip that started out about 1/8'' thick which I glued down to a piece of ipe which is a tropical hardwood with polyurethane based glue, which seems to be one of a FEW things that will reliably bond bone. I then did the major shaping (the slopes on the sides and thickness) on my disc sander and the rest with a file. It came out sounding Great which made me happy considering this work was being done for a good friend and I had no idea whether a bone topped mando bridge would actually be a smart thing to make.
This instrument is going to the talented and wonderful
Zionia
Sound Test: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3790648/
This instrument is going to the talented and wonderful
ZioniaSound Test: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3790648/
Category All / All
Species Vulpine (Other)
Size 500 x 333px
File Size 113.5 kB
It's in the title man, Its a bridge for a mandolin. The bridge is the thing the strings go over that is on a particular point resting on the body of the instruments so that the strings are raised up and at the proper height for playing and make a mandolin-y noise when you strum it.
In practice It would normally appear like this: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3884589/
In practice It would normally appear like this: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3884589/
i have to say, it looks great, and the sound recording was pretty sweet as well. Im glad to know there are still people out there that are willing and have the creativity and talent that go into hand-made work. most people would have just gotten a stock replacement bridge, slapped it on and passed the instrument along. You actually took the time to truly make this instrument a one of a kind piece of art, and I thank you greatly for doing so. I cant wait to put this instrument to good use and hopefully good performance down the line once i get used to playing a stringed instrument again. =^-^=~~
Its a combination of several things. String tension, string length and string gauge all affect the some-what equally tempered tuning of a fretted instrument. So from one string to the next the pitch will change slightly more or less when the the thing is fretted because you adding tension. This means that you have to add a little bit more distance from the nut for each one depending on how much each string is effected by this. The goal of compensation is to have the octave at the 12th fret be perfectly in tune with the open position on each sting, which (hopefully) causes every thing else to line up and play in tune, or at least as much as possible with a fretted instrument.
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