I always thought Martin Tenor uke's were "Fan braced"..but this pic of an old disscombooberated Martin tenor..shows diffrent. (disscombooberated= term used by Yogi Bear)
You're asking questions i cannot answer, but I guess the red thing may be a swab of sponge with hot water to remove or soften hide glue????..Your Guess is as good as mine...and I question the area where the Dovetail joint meets the soundboard???..on Martin soprano's the dovetail penetrates the top..but on this one it don't??
I speced out my friends 12 fret Martin Tenor a while ago, and I can tell you that it did not look anything like that - yes, fan brace. Of course, looking at the position of the bridge plate, that could be a 14 fret. Maybe that's why most prefer the sound of the 12. . .
Wow, surprising you could get any sound out of that at all. I wonder what era it's from.
BTW, Martin Guitar just purchased 5,000 koa ukulele sets from a guy I know. I guess they're hoping that the ukulele will save their butts again like it did in the 1940s. I have no word where production will be.
Would that be the person who sells under the name Mighty Fine Wood on Ebay......or at least a friend of his that he might be helping? I noticed that he has been absent from Ebay for a while and I remembering him saying that he was going to be helping a friend sell to a major instrument maker.
Would that be the person who sells under the name Mighty Fine Wood on Ebay......or at least a friend of his that he might be helping? I noticed that he has been absent from Ebay for a while and I remembering him saying that he was going to be helping a friend sell to a major instrument maker.
I don't know what the bracing pattern looked like, but Martin 1-T tenor ukuleles were designed for dGBE tuning (like a baritone with a high 4th string) and they are braced pretty heavily to accomodate the heavier strings. This is why Martin tenors are fairly quiet and mellow compared to their smaller sized ones.
Wow, surprising you could get any sound out of that at all. I wonder what era it's from.
BTW, Martin Guitar just purchased 5,000 koa ukulele sets from a guy I know. I guess they're hoping that the ukulele will save their butts again like it did in the 1940s. I have no word where production will be.
Martin still makes 3K and 5K ukes (or I should say "is making them again"), in Nazareth PA rather than Mexico where the S-Os are made. Or so I am led to believe.
You're asking questions i cannot answer, but I guess the red thing may be a swab of sponge with hot water to remove or soften hide glue????..Your Guess is as good as mine...and I question the area where the Dovetail joint meets the soundboard???..on Martin soprano's the dovetail penetrates the top..but on this one it don't??
You're asking questions i cannot answer, but I guess the red thing may be a swab of sponge with hot water to remove or soften hide glue????..Your Guess is as good as mine...
I don't know what the bracing pattern looked like, but Martin 1-T tenor ukuleles were designed for dGBE tuning (like a baritone with a high 4th string) and they are braced pretty heavily to accomodate the heavier strings. This is why Martin tenors are fairly quiet and mellow compared to their smaller sized ones.
