Soprano ukulele

Date1931-1940 ca.

Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America

Serial No.none

SignedWhite, red, black, and gold oval decal on head: Harmony / MADE BY THE HARMONY CO. / CHICAGO, U.S.A. [sic]
Markingsnone
DescriptionA Harmony instructional flyer, dated 1931, is associated with this instrument.

Stringing: four gut strings
Soundboard: one-piece, slab-cut birch
Back: one-piece, slab-cut birch
Sides: two-piece, slab-cut birch
Head: birch; shield-shaped with rounded edges
Neck: birch; integral with head
Heel cap: none; heel recessed from back
Binding: none; white paint along top edge in imitation of binding
Fretboard: integral with neck; 12 brass frets (the 12th fret slightly behind joint with neck; white painted dots behind 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 10th frets
Nut: dark hardwood
Bridge: birch; integral saddle; rounded upper edge
Tuners: three dark-brown-stained birch
Rosette: soundhole edge painted white in imitation of binding
Finish: green paint with white-painted imitation bindings, and scene of palm trees and two people in a canoe spray-painted in red and silver through stencil on lower bouts of top
Linings: kerfed birch
Neck block: birch; wood dowel through top block into neck heel
End block: birch
Top braces: none
Back braces: none
DimensionsTotal ukulele length: 523 mm (20-15/16″)
Back length: 235 mm (9-9/32″)
Upper bout width: 128 mm (4-19/32″)
Waist width: 97 mm (3-1/2″)
Lower bout width: 165 mm (6″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 52 mm (1-15/16″)
Rib height, at waist: 56 mm (2-1/8″)
Rib height, at end block: 58 mm (2-1/4″)
Head length: 120 mm (5-1/8″)
Head width, top: 62 mm (2-13/32″)
Head width, bottom: 58 mm (2″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 169 mm (6-9/16″)
Neck width, nut: 36 mm (1-11/32″)
Neck width, heel: 46 mm (1-27/32″)
Soundhole diameter: 45 mm (1-27/32″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 331 mm (13-1/16″)

Credit LineArne B. Larson Estate

Object number14144

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