In an effort to distract myself from actually deciding which one to sell, I got all nerdy about my three mahogany sopranos (they all sound wonderful) this morning and weighed each one on a scale I borrowed from my wife's business.
1960's Martin: 12 oz
Kiwaya KTS-7: 11.8 oz
1920's Weymann: 8.2 oz
The latter has always seemed astonishingly light, and it was amazing to note that it weighs only 2/3 of the other two. (It sounds like a dream: loud, warm, vintage, warbly.)
Purely out of curiosity:
Does anyone know how much of this weightlessness is due to the wooden tuners? (How much does a set of friction pegs weigh?)
Anyone ever come across a lighter soprano scale uke?
1960's Martin: 12 oz
Kiwaya KTS-7: 11.8 oz
1920's Weymann: 8.2 oz
The latter has always seemed astonishingly light, and it was amazing to note that it weighs only 2/3 of the other two. (It sounds like a dream: loud, warm, vintage, warbly.)
Purely out of curiosity:
Does anyone know how much of this weightlessness is due to the wooden tuners? (How much does a set of friction pegs weigh?)
Anyone ever come across a lighter soprano scale uke?
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