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Soprano ukulele

Maker The Magic Fluke Company

Date2003/05

Place MadeHartford, Connecticut, United States, North America

ModelFlea M30

Serial No.M30-15

SignedPrinted in black on oval label with light yellow background: THE MAGIC FLUKE COMPANY · NEW HARTFORD, CT USA / [signatures in black felt-tip pen] Jim Beloff Dale Webb / THE / FLEA / UKULELE TM / [model and serial number written in black felt-tip pen] M30 – 15
In raised lettering on back: THE FLEA TM / MADE IN USA
DescriptionStringing: four black nylon strings
Soundboard: one-piece, laminated Australian hoop pine
Back and sides: black, injection-molded, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, back rounded into sides
Head: maple with cutaway center; integral with neck
Neck: maple; integral with head
Heel cap: none
Binding: none
Fingerboard: black plastic with woodgrain texture and rounded end; 15 frets integral with fingerboard, including zero fret; aluminum dots behind 5th, 7th, and 12th frets, not including zero fret
Nut: black plastic, integral with fingerboard
Bridge: black plastic; saddle integral with bridge; string balls fit into recesses at end of bridge
Tuners: four nickel-plated steel tension tuners with black plastic heads
Rosette: none
Finish: light purple paint on top; clear finish on neck
Linings: none; series of vertical thickenings reinforcing sides
Neck block: neck extends slightly between top and black plastic reinforcement extending upward from back
End block: none
Top bracing: small spruce parallel brace with tapered ends below soundhole; small spruce diagonal brace with tapered ends in lower bout
Back bracing: none
DimensionsTotal ukulele length: 522 mm (20-17/32″)
Back length: 240 mm (9-7/16″)
Upper bout width: 47 mm (3-27/32″)
Waist width: 164 mm (6-15/32″)
Lower bout width: 98 mm (3-7/8″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 50 mm (1-31/32″)
Rib height, at waist: 59 mm (2-5/16″)
Rib height, at end block: 56 mm (2-3/16″)
Head length: 97 mm (3-27/32″)
Head width, top: 52 mm (2-1/16″)
Head width, bottom: 52 mm (2-1/16″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 173 mm (6-13/16″)
Neck width, nut: 36 mm (1-13/32″)
Neck width, heel: 43 mm (1-11/16″)
Soundhole diameter: 51 mm (2″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 356 mm (14″)

Credit LineGeoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2010

Object number14460

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