After calculating a new scale, I have the lower tenor part of the bridge figured ok - adding 5 bi-chords and a shorter aux bridge joined to the original. However, the upper tenor to the top is another question. >From note 53 to the lo-tenor works out very well but note 54 to the top requires that I lengthen the spl's by 10mm tapering to 3mm in order to get a decent scale. Means a big dog leg at the strut. I thought of adding material to the back side of the bridge and machining the opposite to keep the bridge width close to original. Or - possibly cutting the bridge at the strut, repositioning 3mm back at the top and just rotating it to get the 10 mm at the strut, then rejoining with epoxy and a new bridge cap and maybe a couple of filler pieces to help round it off at the dog leg. Anybody think that cutting the bridge like that would be a bad idea?? It's probably a bit less work. Gene
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