Ok, perhaps it is a stupid idea, but why?
On most electric guitars, adjustment of bridge height and separate intonation for each string is very easy. As you know - the bridge is made of metal and has a separate saddle for each string. Action and intonation adjustments are made by turning small screws.
Why not build some sort of adjustable bridge for acoustic instruments (e.g., mandolin) that could offer such flexibility?
For example - create a small adjustable metalic bridge, same as for an electric guitar, with 4 saddles - one for each pair of mandolin strings. Then mount this metallic bridge on a flat piece of ebony and use that as a floating mandolin bridge with the new adjustment options.
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