New Old Uke Day (Finally a Favilla)

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I finally received my Favilla uke Monday-not the one I originally ordered over a month ago, which never arrived and is presumed lost in the mail. This one, also off Ebay, has intact tuners and, although it has the usual dings & scratches, is a great player and just what I wanted.

It has a 4 inch hairline crack along the grain on the treble side, and the fret markers are missing completely. I cleaned, lubricated and adjusted the friction tuners myself (added some little home-made flannel discs between the plastic and the wood on the back to improve holding power), strung it up and was playing away, when my son said "You should really slacken those strings and get it into the repair shop asap before you do more damage." (And he's a saxophonist!) Anyway, it is currently in the "uke hospital" being attended to and all should be wel
 
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