"Turnover" Mando/uke....

mailman · Oct 25, 2009

How cool is this?! Two instruments in one. A mandolin on one side and a ukulele on the other, sharing the same body. Anyone ever heard of these before?

http://cgi.ebay.com/1920s-Turnover-...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item1e58b06f9d

thejumpingflea · Oct 25, 2009

mailman said:
How cool is this?! Two instruments in one. A mandolin on one side and a ukulele on the other, sharing the same body. Anyone ever heard of these before?

http://cgi.ebay.com/1920s-Turnover-...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_2?hash=item1e58b06f9d

I can't even imagine what that would be like to play.

What is your thumb going to do? Haha, with no real shape to the neck other than another fretboard it just seems too bizarre.

AWESOME. But, bizarre.

cornfedgroove · Oct 25, 2009

thejumpingflea said:
I can't even imagine what that would be like to play.

What is your thumb going to do? Haha, with no real shape to the neck other than another fretboard it just seems too bizarre.

AWESOME. But, bizarre.

good point dude...not to mention it has no real back, just two soundboards.

looks neat, though I woulda been more apt to buy one of each rather than a combo lol

Rick Turner · Oct 25, 2009

They are not all that uncommon. You'll find them in major uke collections, and vintage dealers seem to come up with them from time to time. We had one in the Ukulele and You exhibit at the Museum of Making Music a couple of years ago, and I forget whether it was Ukulele Dick's or Sandor Nagyzalancy's

Lori · Oct 25, 2009

That is really bizarre. It looks uncomfortable to play, on the left hand side of things. Kind of a cool idea, though I wonder what it sounds like? That would have to be a pretty strong neck to handle all those strings. I love seeing all the uke variations. Thanks for pointing it out!

–Lori

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