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It's thin ,8mm, it cracked from metal fatigue, Vibrations .. I want another piece of brass or bronze sheet 1mm thick
to laminate it to the tailpiece sheet metal with silver solder doubling it and...

I need to repair my D'jangolin tailpiece ..

do I have no choice but to order a 2" square piece of 1mm thick brass from China?

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I think '22 saw the introduction of the truss rod .. starting at the top A/F4 ..

My A4 has but the brown A 0 does not.

Why (?) Would have to come from the Company , not the Spectators in the Bleachers .
the question is often asked of those not making the decision ..

But back to your various opinions .. ~o)...

Non Ferrous, Bronze + O2 'oxidizing' etc. is corrosion , only Iron & steel "Rust"..

High nickel alloys like monel are corrosion resistant wrapped around a steel core wire ,

it will still...

So You can't wait until you can get together, someplace, and try out each others mandolins .. I gather ..

:whistling: :popcorn:

Sitting around a table with a pint on it, swapping tunes , is where I get out of the house.

though not in this last year .. Pandemic is still an issue..

As is rights and royalties...

& Fern 'fiddle heads' are the Original scroll of Nature.. forest asparagus any one?

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/how-to-cook-fiddlehead-ferns/#axzz6rZvfMPNR

You don't 'book match' just 1 piece, you need 2.. :whistling:

You can still get like 72 Fender picks for like $35.. but as old hat , not the latest thing. they get no press ..

Its a crowded market place out there.. :whistling:

Do you have a cat? is it Male?

Buy your strings as single gage in packs of a dozen each.. so a custom pick option .. you get 6 sets that way..

{Generally} .. XLR is a 3 conductor microphone plug, for a twisted pair of signal wires .
with the 3rd conductor is the braided shield wires .. that help fight RFI by being grounded (on both...

I'm fine with a pick like a Fender 346 heavy on my 1922 A4.. its an oval hole, too, of course..

They're about 1mm thick .. So maybe a blue chip of similar shape and thickness will...

N+1 is always a solution..

Your right hand palm?

I had to look it up to see what you were talking about .. .. Nice
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Perhaps a stiffened wall gig bag ? https://www.elderly.com/collections/category_mandolin-family-cases-gigbags/products/access-stage-three-hb-mandolin-gigbag

But as you say " I'm about to buy a...

If they were offering up a standard AISI-SAE number ..
a person could look it up and know the % of the various Minerals Fe C Mn P S etc.. are in the steels..

Not as good a mechanic as my...

My guess: you will bend strings sideways when there are just 4, but not if there is 8 .. ?

You could eMail the Eastwood company importer's HQ & Ask them?




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Carbon steel (without carbon it wouldn't be steel) Core wires are standard for music wire.. Fe + C.

Apitius is on your, (Denman Island, BC) north side of the border, chat him up.. http://apitiusmandolins.com/


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And a solid body magnetic pickup electric ought to be nice & quiet to practice at night.. .

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Violin mutes work by adding Mass to the bridge .. it seems .. :popcorn:

On the old plank, the Harmomy, try Aquila 1M mandolin strings , they are synthetic made for Baroque ensembles..

2 kinds of 'smooth' strings flat ribbon wound, and round wound, ground flat, Aka 'half round' ...

silk and steel are still round wound, but using a silver coated copper winding

same...