The Panormo guitar now has a bridge made! Nylon string guitar bridges pre-Torres, were not the tie-block style that we are familiar with today, but rather used pins like we we see used on steel string guitars.
This is what the original looks like.
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The strings would have used the rim of the bridge as a saddle, I decided to make a saddle that I can adjust, but would still blend in. There is still some final shaping and detail work to do, but its mostly done. I have some rosewood pins with pearl dots ordered, once they are here I can finish.
This bridge has not had the final holes drilled yet, these are just pilot holes.
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The original used pearl for decoration on the wings, I used some figured maple.
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It will look something like this when it gets glued on.
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