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1. An apparatus comprising an instrument body physically supporting a bridge base beneath a plurality of strings, the bridge base having a groove formed by an annular sidewall and a base recessed surface and in which a tone plate and saddle are each positioned so that the tone plate contactingly engages the base recessed surface, the saddle having an articulation mechanism extending through the saddle and positioned wholly outside of an areal extent of the plurality of strings, the articulation mechanism contacting the tone plate to support the saddle during movement of at least one of the plurality of strings.
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