Can Anyone Identity This Uke

hollisdwyer · Apr 11, 2019

One of the people I play with asked me if I knew anything about this Uke. It’s been in her family for a long time. There are no makers marks or logos anywhere on or inside the Uke. Tuning pegs are wooden violin like friction pegs.

Here are some photos:

bobhost · Apr 11, 2019

A good resource for this type of research is Jake Wildwood's museum.

hollisdwyer · Apr 11, 2019

bobhost said:
A good resource for this type of research is Jake Wildwood's museum.

Thanks for that. I had a look but no joy. This looks like a very inexpensive Uke to me. What looks like some type of spruce soundboard but going by the width of the growth lines, a poor quality. Back and sides are a mystery to me. Doesn’t look like any wood that I’ve seen on ‘20’s/30’s Ukes. Certainly not Koa, mahogany or monkey pod.

kerneltime · Apr 11, 2019

I would email Jake the pics, also on FMM there is an old forum to discuss vintages. There is also retrofrets

hollisdwyer · Apr 14, 2019

Thanks for your feedback.

hollisdwyer · Apr 14, 2019

Bill, you should give Alison this info the next time you’re both at the Subi Markets playing with SUFFA. Definitely another possibility as to the origins of her Ukulele.

hollisdwyer · Apr 14, 2019

She’s in Germany right now but will be back in May.

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