So, I had kind of a mishap a few weeks ago: the original bridge of my Vihuela de Mano ripped clean off when I tried to bring the strings to tension. Might be that the glue surface was too cold or the natural oil in the rosewood prevented a proper bond. Or the glue surface was simply too small for 42kg of string tension.
After some consideration, I decided to redesign the bridge to be more of a lute style (with 3x the glue surface of the original bridge), while trying to preserve the original look. It’s now made of cherry, with ebony and ivory inlays.
That is just gorgeous!! What a wonderful job you’ve done! I’m sorry that the first iteration of the bridge didn’t work out right, but good on you and your problem solving skills for figuring out what tweaks were needed to get it to work.
This is just SO beautiful! I hope it’s as enjoyable for you to play as it is for me to look at it 😍