Distance between string pairs, the same or wider at bridge?
I have restored a 100 year old mandolin but found after stringing it, that the strings went closer and closer to the edge of the fretboard as they got closer to the bridge.
When trying to correct this I wondered if the pair should be totally parallel all the way or the distance between strings in a pair should go a bit wider at the bridge.
I checked my mandolins and mandola and the result was 2-2 for parallel or wider.
I feel that they should be parallel, for ease of playing, but my 2 most expensive mandolins go wider at the bridge.
I decided on parallel for the restauration, as the original bridge but am still wondering.
Kentucky KM-805..........2 Hora M1086 Portuguese II(1 in car)
Hora M1088 Mandola.....
Richmond RMA-110..... .Noname Bearclaw
Pochette Franz Janisch...5 Pocket............Alfredo Privitera pocket
Puglisi Pocket 1908........Puglisi 1912.......Puglisi 1917
3 Mandolinetto ..............C.Garozzo
1 Mandriola...................Cannelo G. Mandriola...Böhm Waldzither 1921
Johs Møller 1945............Luigi Embergher Studio 1933
Marma Seashell back......Luigi Embergher 5bis 1909
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