Baritone ukulele
Maker
Mastro Industries
Maker
Mario Maccaferri
Date1954-1965 ca.
Place MadeNew York, New York, United States, North America
ModelT. V. Pal
Serial No.none
SignedPrinted in brown ink on head: [star] / T.V. PAL [sic] / BARITONE / [image of man playing ukulele in television screen] / U.S. PAT. NO. [sic] / 2,597,154 2,614,448 / LICENSED UNDER FINDER / U.S. PAT. NO. 2,588,101 / MADE IN U.S.A. [sic]White, dark red, and black Styron medallion, glued to back below button: [Crown over shield divided into four sections, the upper right and lower left corners with “M”, the upper left and lower right with vertical lines, the shield surrounded on each side by sprigs]
In raised lettering on each side of peg heads: M
DescriptionStringing: four nylon strings
Soundboard: ivory Styron; integral with fingerboard; cutaway shoulder
Back: white, dark red, and black marbleized (Rosewood) Styron; arched
Sides: white, dark red, and black marbleized (Rosewood) Styron; integral with back, neck, and head
Head: white, dark red, and black marbleized (Rosewood) Styron, integral with body and neck, with ivory Styron face; festooned head outline to upper edge
Neck: white, dark red, and black marbleized (Rosewood) Styron; integral with head and body; hollow; head broken off, revealing three reinforcing ridges along back side of neck interior and metal brace reinforcing intersection with head
Heel cap: round, black Styron plug
Binding: none; molded, raised edges to top and back
Fingerboard: ivory Styron, integral with top; 18 ivory Styron frets (including one at nut), integral with fingerboard; dark red painted dots behind 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th, and 17th frets
Nut: ivory Styron, integral with fingerboard
Bridge: ivory Styron, integral with top with black Styron saddle; string balls fit into recesses at end of bridge
Tuners: four nickel-plated steel tension tuners with ivory Styron heads, each side of head with “M” in raised lettering over a stippled background
Rosette: black Styron ring
Lacquer: none
Linings: none
Neck block: none
End block: none
Top bracing: spruce transverse brace below soundhole; two spruce fan braces
Other: spruce vertical posts mounted on elevated Styron platforms, integral with back, at center bouts, the upper end of posts resting on spruce transverse brace of top
DimensionsTotal ukulele length: 733 mm (28-7/8″)
Back length: 343 mm (13-1/2″)
Upper bout width: 187 mm (7-3/8″)
Waist width: 162 mm (3-25/32″)
Lower bout width: 248 mm (6-3/8″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 79 mm (3-3/32″)
Rib height, at waist: 79 mm (3-3/32″)
Rib height, at end block: 79 mm (3-3/32″)
Head length: 156 mm (6-1/8″)
Head width, top: 70 mm (2-3/4″)
Head width, bottom: 55 mm (2-5/32″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 233 mm (9-5/32″)
Neck width, nut: 37 mm (1-15/32″)
Neck width, heel: 45 mm (1-25/32″)
Soundhole diameter: 69 mm (2-23/32″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): E-string: 462 mm (18-3/16″); D-string: 463 mm (18-7/32”)
Credit LineGeoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2010
Object number14519
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