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Mousgetar

Alternate name(s)
  • Toy guitar
  • Junior guitar
  • Concert ukulele
Date1955-1956 ca.
Place MadeLos Angeles, California, United States, North America
ModelMousegetar
Serial No.none
SignedRaised, round logo with serrated edge on head: MATTEL / [logo of monkey with crown on top of letter “M”] / TOYMAKERS
In raised, hollow lettering in lower bout of top, painted gold: MOUSEGETAR
In raised lettering below bridge: COPYRIGHT WALT DISNEY PRODUCTIONS
Markingsnone
DescriptionStringing: four nylon (black, blue, red, and green) strings
Body: pear-shaped with two lobes in upper bouts
Soundboard: red Styron; overhangs sides; paper label printed in red and black ink, affixed to recessed area below strings and on lobes of upper bouts, depicting Micky Mouse’s face
Back: black Styron
Ribs: black Styron; integral with back
Head: black Styron with red Styron face integral with fingerboard and top
Neck: black Styron; integral with head and body
Heel cap: none; injection molding mark on back of neck heel
Binding: none
Fingerboard: red Styron; 17 frets integral with fingerboard; raised bullseye dots behind 5th, 7th, 10th, 12th, and 15th frets
Nut: red Styron integral with head face and fingerboard
Bridge: red Styron integral with top; string balls fit into recesses at end of bridge
Tuners: heart-shaped gray metal
Soundholes: f-holes with bracket joining wings to outside edge of soundhole at top and bottom
Lacquer: none
Endpin: black Styron; small; integral with body
Linings: none
Neck block: none
End block: none
Top bracing: four narrow, low thickenings extending from bridge to lower end; narrow, low diagonal thickenings on upper sides of soundholes; narrow, lower thickenings extending from central thick points on each side of upper bout of top
Back bracing: narrow, low thickenings along center line and in upper and lower bouts; quarter-circle-shaped brace rising longitudinally from center line thickening; post rising from back to top above soundholes
Other: black string tied to two lower pegs of head for attaching strap or hanging
DimensionsTotal ukulele length: 577 mm (22-21/32″)
Back length at neck heel: 257 mm (9-29/32″)
Back length including upper bout lobes: 282 mm (11-3/32″)
Upper bout width: 170 mm (6-11/16″)
Waist width: 110 mm(4-9/16″)
Lower bout width: 198 mm (7-25/32″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 53 mm (2-3/32″)
Rib height, at waist: 54 mm (2-1/8″)
Rib height, at end block: 54 mm (2-1/8″)
Head length: 103 mm (4-1/16″)
Head width, top: 55 mm (2-5/32″)
Head width, bottom: 39 mm (1-17/32″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 211 mm (8-9/32″)
Neck width, nut: 31 mm (1-7/32″)
Neck width, heel: 34 mm (1-11/32″)
Soundhole length: 70 mm (2-3/4″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 379 mm (14-7/8″)
Credit LineGift of Arian Sheets, 2010
Object number14463
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