I've been working a bit on the new Ceccherini yesterday and today. I've repaired the bridge (one "tooth" was missing), lowered the action slightly (to 2.3mm on G and 1.7mm on E at 12th fret), lubricated the tuners, cleaned the top and put new Lenzners on. Intonation is just right with the bridge in its original position as set out by the marker buttons.
The Lenzners will need a day or two to settle in, but first impressions are that this is indeed a much brighter mandolin than my other Ceccherini, and that it is simultaneously loud and cultivated. Very promising. Not much of the velvety smoothness of the other one, but that may come when the strings have settled, or perhaps a bit later when the instrument wakes up.
The overall impression is still the same as when I first saw it: this strikes me as being a mandolin new from the luthier, not the seasoned vintage mandolin one would expect after a century or so.
I've put some photos up.
Martin
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