Soprano ukulele
Alternate name(s)
- Cigar-box ukulele
Date1925-1968 ca.
Place MadeUnited States, North America
Serial No.none
SignednoneMarkingsBox decoration: inside box is a label from original box. Red, white, brown, gold, green, and yellow colors. Label consists of a portrait of a man with long curly brown hair, with a red cape draped over his shoulders. On the cape is an iron cross shape with the symbol of a crown in the middle.
Price: written on back in pencil is, $3.21.
DescriptionStrings: four strings, attached at base of instrument on an end pin, and wound around wooden pegs at opposite end.
Body: wood, handmade, unvarnished and unstained light-colored wood. All pieces and side held together by small flat-headed iron nails. Resonating box is six pieces nailed together in a rectangular shape. A hole is cut out of top for soundhole and a small piece nailed to bottom of soundboard to act as a bridge. Neck and peg box are one integral part. Pegs are wood, hand-carved, and somewhat triangular in shape.
Pitches: no pitch designations.
Hitch Pins: one, wood.
DimensionsInches MM
Width of box 5 1/8 130.9
Length of instrument 25 7/16 645.0
Height of box 2 9/16 65.8
Credit LinePaul and Jean Christian Collection
Object number13432
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