ecosteel
Well-known member
Hi folks, I've just finished building my third soprano uke, having solved some of the building problems with one and two. I'm happy with the intonation and volume but all three share the same complaint. Some background; when I made my mould I increased the overall size marginally ie by a couple of millimetres all round, the consequence of which is that the pitch of the body when blown across the soundhole is a C. Open chords with a C in them sound really loud and the 3rd string really dominates. If I retune the uke up a tone the problem disappears. Presumably the blown pitch shouldn't be a C, I haven't got a standard soprano to hand so can anyone tell me what it ought to be. thanks in anticipation Steve