kukailimoku
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Aloha from the island of Oahu,
A friend brought over a Martin ukulele yesterday evening for me to play and I was wondering if any of the elders out there could shed some light on the model. It's either a small tenor or a soprano, has a white binding and an interesting logo inside. Under the curved "C.F. Martin & Co." and above the straight "Nazareth, PA" is a capital "H" between two horizontal lines. Kinda like this, with solid lines instead of dashes:
---- H ----
The sound is just off the charts, crisp, loud, full...it doesn't seem possible to get that much music out of an instrument that small. It was probably built in the late 1940's and has been lovingly cared for. The owner (yes, the original owner) is just curious if the model is something special, what it might be worth and any nuggets of info that might turn up. And before you ask, no...he'd never sell it. It'll be in the family for a long, long time.
Many thanks and keep the Underground alive...
Mahalo,
BC in Kailua
A friend brought over a Martin ukulele yesterday evening for me to play and I was wondering if any of the elders out there could shed some light on the model. It's either a small tenor or a soprano, has a white binding and an interesting logo inside. Under the curved "C.F. Martin & Co." and above the straight "Nazareth, PA" is a capital "H" between two horizontal lines. Kinda like this, with solid lines instead of dashes:
---- H ----
The sound is just off the charts, crisp, loud, full...it doesn't seem possible to get that much music out of an instrument that small. It was probably built in the late 1940's and has been lovingly cared for. The owner (yes, the original owner) is just curious if the model is something special, what it might be worth and any nuggets of info that might turn up. And before you ask, no...he'd never sell it. It'll be in the family for a long, long time.
Many thanks and keep the Underground alive...
Mahalo,
BC in Kailua