Bouzouki pin bridge to floating bridge conversion?

[Oliver R]

Morning,
I am restoring an old bouzouki at present.
I have the body but will be carving a new neck.
I have one or two ideas for bridge / stringing configurations in mind but was wondering what would be needed to be done with the bracing if I were to convert from the original pin bridge (has been removed in the past) to a floating bridge and tailpiece set up.
It has a normal sort of X bracing at present.
Thanks in advance.
Oliver

[Graham McDonald]

Lots of variables that need to be considered, such as neck angle, bridge height, and string break angle over the bridge which all effect down-bearing force on the soundboard from the bridge. I have long argued that X bracing is great for fixed bridges and not nearly as effective as preventing soundboard distortion with a floating bridge. Might be simpler to make a new soundboard.

Cheers