coolkayaker1
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The curves at the "waist" of ukuleles (between the upper and lower bouts) are different on one side than the other. They are not mirror images. Why? Thanks.
They are not mirror images. Why?
Can you post photos of the unmatched curves?
Not meaning to change the focus of this thread or hijack it but why are the bottoms of a lot of ukes flat? My lili'u and blugrass tenor and Kanilea super concert all have flat bottoms. My HF-3 and Collings are rounded bottoms. I never noticed with all my acoustic guitars over the years having flat bottoms.
When I visited the Kamaka factory, I discovered that Kamaka's luthiers bend both sides in the same bending device at the same time. I think most luthiers working with these machines do the same thing.
My guess is that this results in as equal a set of curves as is possible, ...
THey're usually "thinner" on the right side as you look at them, and have a wider/longer waist on the left side as you look at them from the front.
Like human faces..... have you ever seen an image of each half of a person's face mirrored? The left side mirrored, the right side mirrored..... next to each other, they look like two different people.