Roosebeck Baritone Baroq-ulele Sheesham w/ Tuners

This is a well built instrument, with a deep resonant tone. The ends of frets don't protrude from the fingerboard and are smooth. The friction tuners are sturdy, though a bit unyielding, but keep the strings in tune. There is, however a tiny design flaw, with huge consequenses: The notches for strings on bridge are cut way too far apart. The string spread at nut is 30 mm (1 inch 1 1/8), while at bridge a whopping 46 mm (1 3/4 inch). This places the 1st and 4th string too close to the edges of the fingerboard. When the E-string (1st) is pressed at the 5th fret or higher, it tends to slip off the fingerboard. The same goes for the D (4th) string. I have been playing string instruments (guitars, banjos and ukes) for over 60 years and this is the first time I have encounter this problem. I will try to make new notches in the bridge when I change the strings (and probably replace the tuners with more sensitive type).