TobyDog
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Order placed - a few Snarks are on their way.
Order placed - a few Snarks are on their way.
Here is what I've sent you Ian. What a great way to spend $30. If there are others that don't want to get to the post office, using Amazon was a snap.
I have to say I have no experience with this uke so I hope its ok.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LYW4DZG/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Sorry to be a wet blanket or alarmist, but have you checked on the impact of the CITES restrictions? In particular, most older ukes have rosewood fretboards and bridges, even sometimes bodies. This wood has recently been placed on the CITES list, making shipping of used instruments across national borders an iffy proposition—doesn't matter that rosewood was freely transportable when these instruments were built and sold, even as recently as last year. Border officials are notorious for being unreasonable about such things. Until CITES officials make some sort of exemptions for musical instruments, based at least on year of manufacture, it is now an iffy proposition for any private individual to attempt to ship or carry an instrument across borders. Quite valuable (and legally transportable) instruments have been seized and destroyed by officials before the owners could even mount a protest in the right quarters. Hopefully, you'll have no such problems, you may only meet with reasonable border officials sympathetic to your cause. But you might want donors to vet their instruments, making sure that donations have no woods currently on the CITES list (or even likely to be mistaken for them).
I was able to deliver 8 ukuleles, three tuners and some strings donated by friends from the Ukulele Underground - they are going to a wonderful shanty town church where the pastor is a gifted musician. He has taught generations of children. He came with his wife and one of the young people who is now at college. We all played for an hour or so and then they went off. I am promised pictures before Easter. What a joy - pictures within 2 weeks, God willing. Be blessed all those who gave and have made this project possible. IMHO music is an eternal gift. Love you all
Bless you for being so generous
Please pm me your mailing address.
Please PM me your mailing address. I know I have strings I can send, and I may also have an ukulele or two.