Dating Harmony with Wooden Pegs

[Rapidi]

Any thoughts about when this may have been made? It has a wooden neck and wooden tuning pegs.

 

[chris667]

Early fifties, I'd say.

This is one of the low-end Harmony ukes. Having violin pegs doesn't mean it's old, it just signifies it's a cheaper model.

 

[rustydusty]

It appears to be in very nice, playable condition. I love the '50s style graphics.

 

[Ziret]

That would be so fun to play! Put some GraphTech tuners on it and enjoy it. Very pretty

 

[Rapidi]

I should have mentioned that the uke has neither a headstock nor soundhole label. Did Harmony ever manufacture these ukes with no label? I’ve never seen a Harmony uke without a label on the headstock. Is this really a Harmony in your opinion?

 

[chris667]

When it was new, the people manufacturing it probably didn't care.

 

[Graham Greenbag]

I wouldn’t be at all surprised if some previous owner had removed the labels. I’ve not seen one of these with (maple?) peg tuners before and, if original fit, I suspect that it was an economy variant. Harmony made loads of Ukes and not all of them had their name on them - sold under many different names, etc.

Edit. Look here: https://www.clarksukuleles.com/harmony-ukuleles.html