[CAUT] Soundboard mass

[Jon Page]

If a few leads inserted from the top work well,
maybe multiple steel inserts would too since
there is limited room on a Wapinized bridge.

Select a suitable diameter bolt, cut the head off
and cut a slot in the shank to screw it in. Don't
recess it too much and cover it with a paper dot,
this way it will be somewhat easy to remove for
future bridge repair. Hex drive cap or set screws
might work too.

As far as attaching a weight to the bottom, since it
is a Wapin bridge, you'd have to drill down through
the bridge and case with a pilot hole to be certain
of clearing all the bridge pins. Then drill up
through the belly for screw insertion, a pilot guide
end might be needed to avoid wandering.

Attaching a lead on the top of the bridge would
impede string rendering across the bridge unless
you got ambitious and notched the bottom to clear
each string. Idea- a Jiffy lead on short risers
placed between unisons, you might even be able
to replace a broken wire without removing them.
Get creative with brass stock bent to the bridge
curve on risers (I like this one), less invasive
easily reversed (maybe inverted half-round?).
Have Mason & Hamlin engraved on it :-)

Regards,


Jon Page