Smaller Uke than a tenor for travel?

westcoast

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I have a tenor ukulele, but I am going to be doing some traveling on planes and was wondering if a concert or soprano would be significantly smaller such that it would be easier to transport? Otherwise I might as well stick with what I have.
 
Wikipedia says you're looking at about a 5in difference in total length between tenor and soprano. Not sure in width, maybe 2-3 inches.

Edit: My soprano Kala, and my concert Islander has a width difference of 1 1/4 inch at their widest point.
 
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I've never had difficulty flying with my baritone. (Southwest, United, Alaskan)
I've also traveled with my guitar.
 
Traveling with a tenor shouldn't really be much of a problem. It's not *that* much bigger than a concert, and it's waaaay smaller than a guitar.

But if you need to keep your carry-ons compact, then a soprano might be more practical.
 
Westcoast, my Flea is a "soprano" but the actual scale is 14", midway between a normal soprano and a concert. It has the wood fretboard. I guess I would get a concert size if this were stolen (for it is so rugged that it is not going to fall apart!!)

I don't like the soprano scale but my Flea is fine. I normally play tenors and baritones.

It is my travel uke. Small, handy, gig bag is OK, rugged, no worry uke.
 
I often travel with a parlor guitar. These fit in the overhead compartment fine. Any size uke should fit without a hitch. For my Australia / Tasmania vacation I'll probably take a concert size Oscar Schmidt. It's my least expensive uke (other than the grandkids Mahalo) and it has a sturdy case.
Cases are just as important as the uke itself. When putting a uke in an overhead compartment , remember that someone else may slam a lap top down on it like a ton of bricks.
 


That's Neal showing them of.

In the video linked below, Tyler has another demo of soprano and then tenor size starting at 2:00 min. I love my Risa sop! Perfect for travel: indestructable (go ahead, step on it!), quiet for hotel or airport practice, stows easily in messenger bag/backpack, and want to hear it? Carry along a tiny 5 inch by 4 inch Fender, Hooneytone or other amp with a three foot cord in your suitcase.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBXok9-d1GY

Fender amp is all you need for travel. ideal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZXI9o-ZJMs
 
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I took a Risa stick on holiday with me recently. I took a Marshall micro amp to play it through but didn't really get chance to play it in the end. I was travelling by train and it all went in my suitcase no problems. I had my Samsung tablet along with all my songs in it.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions. Dropped by my local music shop but they were all out of their cheapest model (the all-laminated Gretsch soprano). They did have a nice Pono Soprano, but that kind of blows my budget out of the water, especially as this would be a 2nd uke for me. I'm more of a guitarist, so I already have a tenor.
 
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