Uke-a-doodle
Alternate name(s)
- Toy ukulele
- Sopranino ukulele
Maker
Mattel Inc.
Date1947-1950 ca.
Place MadeLos Angeles, California, United States, North America
ModelUke-a-doodle
Serial No.none
SignedIn raised lettering on lower bout of back: A FUTURLAND TOY / MATTEL / U.S.A.Markingsnone
DescriptionStringing: four steel strings
Soundboard: yellow and light yellow marbleized plastic; integral with fingerboard; colored decal of hula girl in lower bass bout; colored decal of palm tree and hibiscus in lower treble bout
Back: white and red marbleized plastic
Sides: white and red marbleized plastic; integral with back, neck, and head
Head: white and red marbleized plastic, integral with body and neck, yellow and light yellow marbleized plastic face integral with top and fingerboard
Neck: white and red marbleized plastic; integral with head and body; hollow
Heel cap: none
Binding: none
Fingerboard: yellow and light yellow marbleized plastic, integral with top; 11 yellow and light yellow marbleized plastic, integral with fingerboard
Nut: yellow and light yellow marbleized plastic, integral with fingerboard
Bridge: yellow and light yellow marbleized plastic integral with top; strings pass over bridge to attach to lower rib
Tuners: four black plastic
Rosette: none
Lacquer: none
Linings: none
Neck block: none
End block: none
Top bracing: X-braces integral with top molding above and below soundhole; one lateral brace in upper bout and two in lower bout integral with top
Other: three small holes in back, one it upper bout, and two in lower bout
DimensionsTotal ukulele length: 352 mm (13-29/32″)
Back length: 156 mm (6-1/8″)
Upper bout width: 78 mm (3-1/16″)
Waist width: 64 mm (2-1/2″)
Lower bout width: 110 mm (4-5/16″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 35 mm (1-3/8″)
Rib height, at waist: 35 mm (1-3/8″)
Rib height, at end block: 34 mm (1-11/32″)
Head length: 80 mm (3-5/32″)
Head width, top: 31 mm (1-7/32″)
Head width, bottom: 30 mm (1-3/16″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 112 mm (4-13/32″)
Neck width, nut: 23 mm (29/32″)
Neck width, heel: 29 mm (1-5/32″)
Soundhole diameter: 33 mm (1-5/16″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 224 mm (8-13/16”)
Credit LineGeoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2010
Object number14518
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