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this week I spent an hour with a piano that's going to a skip on Saturday.

As a result I now have a bag of ebony blocks the size of the visible part of a black piano key......

and a few pieces of really nice spruce for bracing purposes.

Sadly the rest was scrap

ANYWAY,

the ebony, I could use this for mando bridges right?

maybe for inlay on necks & rosettes too.......

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Gibson type adjustable bridges for arch top mandos are usually ebony, yes. Some people like lighter maple bridges, some like various rosewoods. One guy who has done a lot of experimenting with different woods (and styles) for mandolin bridges is Red Henry, check it out.

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WOW! that IS a comprehensive page!!!

My mandonaught guitar shaped mandos have a fairly low bridge so I THINK I'll get away with it.

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