ukuleles made from stage floorboards

Kmetzger

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• Jan 3, 2014

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How cool is this: "Stanford music Professor Stephen Sano salvaged Alaskan yellow cedar scraps from the concert hall construction site and commissioned twin ukuleles."

Built by Rick Turner.

Video here: http://news.stanford.edu/news/2014/january/sano-bing-ukuleles-010214.html

 

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• Jan 3, 2014

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How cool? VERY cool

As the article says "And the floor played on".

Thanks for sharing.

Oops.... looks like a duplicate of this thread http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com...ford-music-professor-s-twin-Compass-Rose-ukes

STILL way cool!

 

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Neat story.

 

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There's another thread about this story.

http://forum.ukuleleunderground.com/showthread.php?91711-Stanford-music-professor-s-twin-Compass-Rose-ukes

 

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Nice story and great sounding ukulele
Cliff