FS: Black Bear #354: Mahogany Sopranino Pinapple

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• Dec 13, 2013

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Lovely sound, great action, entrancing golden brown mahogany with elegant clean lines. Rosewood binding & fingerboard, Friction Tuners w/ Koa buttons. Deleriously fun to play. Another inspired Heilman classic. Not this uke but its sister. I have another sopranino, this beauty is underplayed and I am in general UAS recovery. Additional photos (note: there is a MOV file in this photo set in which I incorrectly identify the tuners as planetary, they are friction, work great). $450 shipped USA.

 

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• Dec 13, 2013

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I'm interested, do you have any sound sample or video I can see/hear the tone?
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billten said:

I'm interested, do you have any sound sample or video I can see/hear the tone?
Bill

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Actually, if you follow the link to the additional pictures, there is a .MOV file in the Flicr gallery.
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• Dec 13, 2013

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Is this the same scale as a standard soprano? How much smaller is it ?

 

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Is this the same scale as a standard soprano? How much smaller is it ?

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The scale is 11.5" vs 13" for the soprano, that's 11.5% smaller. I don't have soprano pineapple so it is hard for me to compare body sizes objectively. It feels small and adorable, like holding a 3 month old puppy, but less squirmy. I love to play it, have no difficulty with its picayune size. If you check out the additional photos, you will notice the thickness is greater in the lower bout (assuming a pineapple can be said to have a lower bout) which yields a good sized resonating chamber and plenty of sound.

 

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• Dec 15, 2013

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What tuning do you use?

 

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What tuning do you use?

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i like C. I haven't really tried it in D.

 

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• Dec 16, 2013

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Sold out on Fleamarket.