A Uke of interest????

[Taffy Evans]

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"Originally Posted on: Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:15 pm

I don’t know if this is of interest or not to those of you who build ukes, as I know nothing about them and haven’t done much following of the threads about them on this forum. I can see by the number of posts that there is a big following of this instrument by other members. I have seen an increase in repairs of ukes come through my workshop and this is one of them.
Photos will tell the story. It looks like its all mahogany; it’s made in Australia and top and back are carved with violin type overhang over the rims. The ticket inside is pretty unreadable; I could just make out Australia.

It may not be of interest thought I’d post it anyway, I thought it was interesting and different.

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[Kim]

I don't know for sure but I would be careful with that one Taffy cause she could be worth a Bob or two.


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Loud little bugger ay....luv'in that big arse lower bout too.

Cheers

Kim

[Kim]

Hey Taffy,

Could you please get some good images and measurements of this uke, and give us some idea of the bracing, if I am going to make a uke it will be one of these, I 'love' the shape and it's aussie. They have one in the powerhouse museum it would appear.

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collect ... irn=161700

Cheers

Kim

[Kim]

Here's one with the bridge in place, apparently they are not glued. The tale is that these were made by a violin maker, kind of shows with the bridge placement and overhang of the rims.

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Cheers

Kim

[Allen]

Great bit of nostalgia you got there Taffy. What's it like inside? Arch plates like a violin? Any bracing?

What's it in to see the doc for?

[Kim]

Apparently there is some sort of form work inside that attempts to direct sound out of the soundhole......sounding a bit Macaffari to me. Anyhow the website I looked at suggested it was not so successful. I like the shape and would like to brace one up with ladder bracing or even a very fine and spars lattice.

Cheers

Kim

[rocket]

It's a mini archie

[liam_fnq]

looks pretty cool I reckon.

Are the plates carved or pressed or laminated or what?

either way, I like it.

Liam.


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