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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    OK....OK... you guys convinced me.... it is a dead ringer for the catalog and for Jake's restore... Hmm $ 9.95, huh. I wonder what that meant in 1915 dollars?
    Mine has no venier on the headstock,...
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    Update - trip to local music store brought some interesting results. The owner, who plays and says he own a few old mandolins, thought it might be earlier (1900-1910) and doesn't look like anything...
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    Thanks, bratsche... I'd make a new bridge before I messed the the original... When I stopped in at the local 'well established' music store to pick up lighter strings, the owner made a point of...
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    Update... the popsicle stick intonation put the bridge more where it's supposed to be - just over the 'hump'...billl
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    Good Morning Folks...Sorry, I went to bed on you ;=) The bridge is 8MM tall at the center, and, I don't have a feeler gauge handy, but the action at the nut is way less than 1MM. A 'medium' Fender...
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    Here come some profiles. Unless I'm doing the 12th fret test incorrectly... which is a distinct possibility, the measured octave sound is achieved with nut to fret of 6 7/16 and a fret to bridge of...
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    I will give you a profile...Bill
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    Thanks to all for your comments ! And yes. It is special to me. Initially, I did not physically measure the string length, I mounted the top 'E' string and the bottom 'G', and with a digital tuner...
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    I found the bridge stuck on the other side of the 'hump' before I 'free'd' it. but when I installed the first 'outer' strings, it's present location is where the 12th fret 'put' it... I guess I could...
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    I found the bridge stuck on the other side of the 'hump' before I 'free'd' it. but when I installed the first 'outer' strings, it's present location is where the 12th fret 'put' it... I guess I could...
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    Hey Jim... Dad's old mandolin looks much better now, with not much effort. I tried some FW74's but, without good callouses it was impossible to seal to a fret. Now trying J62's and it's much...
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    Re: How do I remove a superglued bridge?

    Thank God, Dad didn't glue the bridge of my Supertone down. All it took was some gentle coaxing from a 'chisel-tip' xacto knife to break it loose. And, yes, I will put it back on the right way, even...
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    Thanks Jim, I got it off with some gentle coaxing with a 'chisel-tip' xacto blade. It appears that it just melted into the finish. I did very gentle horizontal cleaning of the edges, and then the...
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    Re: How do I remove a superglued bridge?

    Jim, I also have and old Supertone ref: Dad's old mandolin, and I wish I was so lucky. Due, I expect, to the poor storage of this 85-90 year old instrument, it appears, from the marks on the finish,...
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    Thanks, Jim, I should have known.... one other thing... it seems that the bridge has 'moved' with the heat of storage, and is presently 'stuck' to the top... when I tune this machine, I may need to...
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    Thanks, Jim... being that Dad and his Sister both got the same instruments at the same time, Sears is very likely, probably right out of the catalog ;-) Do you think some clear "Old English" would...
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    Re: Dad's old mandolin

    Thanks for your advice... but, this instrument's 'old mojo' ran into a serious 'alligator! Since I alcohol rubbed down all the 'mountains', it now looks like it did when Dad was practicing his church...
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    Dad's old mandolin

    My Dad obtained this mandolin in his teens (c.1925) and used it practice choir music.
    It has been neglected and showed much 'alligator', but, appears to be sound. There are no 'maker' marking on it...
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