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Restoration Mandolins: private work

Hi Dave.....great instrument and so well packed,thank you. Ive been on your web page some amazing stuff on there. I need to buy a tuning tool for the Mandola but im real interested in getting a price from you for a Mandriola plus postage to Perth West Australia.I think i might even be after one of your long scale Irish Bouzouki too....your going to send me broke....joking.....look forward to hearing from you....I dont mind if i have to call you on the phone.....thanks heeps....Gerry (Australia)

Hi, I'm really sorry for not emailing you earlier - the mandolin arrived about a week ago and has been very, very distracting. Its so brilliant - its wonderful to play and looks so beautiful, so thank you very much for doing such a good job of repairing it. Best wishes, Eleanor (Oxford UK)

Bonjour David, comment l'exprimer ma stupefaction lorsque j'ai decouvert la magnifique mandolin! Comment te dire "thank you" pour le travail que tu a effectue avec tant de soin - y compris la boite, super! Toutes mes felicitations. Je l'envoie l'humble cheque qui, je me demande, correspond bien aux heures que tu as du passer dessus. En attendant de ta complimenter de vive voix, je l'envoie toute ma sympathie a toi et ta famille. Marie-Cecile, (La Rochelle)

Hi Dave, the mandolin has arrived safe and sound and I can't keep the smile off my face! It's fantastic! Thank you so much for such a fine job - I could hardly believe it when I opened the case. I shall be recommending you far and wide, especially as it's actually quite difficult to get anyone to even consider mending an elderly bowl back. It's just great that a house clearance wreck can now provide years of music. Thank you once again! Moira. (West Country)

Hi Dave, the Albertini mandolin arrived today (Saturday) safe and sound. I do like the low action. It plays well. And the new bridge keeps it
in tune. Many thanks for all the work you did on it. Seasons greetings and all that.
Best wishes, Bill (Hereford)

Hi Dave, Just to say the mandolin has arrived. Many thanks, it’s a lovely sounding instrument.. better than I expected from something of that age. Finding it difficult to put down at the moment and I’m sure I’ll need new strings before too long, especially in my attempts to get to grips with tremolo. What do you charge for your strings + postage? Thanks for the advice on care that came with the instrument and on website. I must admit I can’t really see myself boxing it away when it is not being used and is in the house - looks too nice to be hidden in a box. But I don’t have extreme temperatures here – house varies between minimum of 15 and max of 20 degrees C – but I take the point about sunlight. Best wishes, Mike S. (Kent, UK)

Hello Dave, Wow! You did a wonderful restoration job - I am really pleased with the mandolin. I took it along to my mandolin lesson on Saturday - my tutor was so impressed with your work that he would like your contact details - Is this OK?

Many thanks, Martin (Great Chelmsford, UK)

New Bridges:
	Hi Dave, I received the bridge today. ( ebony and bone bridge for a tzoura) I've already tried it on the instrument and it's great. We got it right, instrument is far more playable and sounds brilliant. Thanks for that, much appreciated. If I need another bridge for my other instrument I'll let you All the best and thanks again., Best regards, Bill (Australia)
Hello Dave, I received the bridge on saturday. It fits well and sound good ! I have a light work to do at the foot of the bridge to make it follow the curve of the skin under pressure. Thank you for that nice work. Best regards, (Alain C. France)	Dave - your bridge arrived today and it's a thing of beauty. Thank you very much. I hope I haven't committed a horrendous gaff by placing a Silvestri bridge on a Lyon and Healy bowl back but ... don't care - it looks great! (Bill; Italy)
Hey David, I received the bridge yesterday. It's a beauty ! I will install it this weekend. It was a pleasure to deal with you. Thanks, Patrice (Canada)	Hello Dave, I've received the bridge today and it's already fitted. With a proper setup, a Randy Allen tailpiece an your bridge, my cheap 'zouk has become a nice sounding instrument. Best regards, Ramiro (Spain)

Hello Dave, as a new fingerboard on the De Meglio is absolutely necessary I was happy to see that the new bridge has enough height to fit the new fingerboard. It is a good thing that there is someone who makes this kind of suitable parts for the old bowlback mandolines, thanks! Noud (Holland)
Hi David, the Bridge and tensioner arrived safe and sound today, many thanks I am very impressed with the result. Jamie S; (UK)	Hi David: I got the bridge today. nice job. I should send you the specs for the inset bridge. Jim G; (USA)
You'll be pleased to know the waldzither bridge you made me is working very well: fitting a Fishman Matrix pickup in there was a breeze and IMO sounds very good. John (UK)	Hi Dave, bridge arrived today - lovely workmanship, looking foreword to setting it up. Do you, or anybody you know deal in vintage machine heads for mandolin? They are extremely hard to find. many thanks, (Ted, Australia)