Soprano ukulele

Date1920-1940 ca.

Place MadeChicago, Illinois, United States, North America

ModelMouna-Loa brand

Serial No.none

SignedPrinted in red and black ink on yellow, circular label with border like ukulele binding, over faint image of erupting volcano: MOUNA-LOA / BRAND / UKULELE / No / GUARANTEED WORKMANSHIP / AND MATERIAL / TRADE MARKDescriptionStringing: four gut strings
Soundboard: one-piece mahogany
Back: one-piece mahogany
Sides: two-piece mahogany
Head: maple; shield-shaped
Neck: maple; integral with head
Heel cap: none
Binding: alternating, angled pieces of light and brown-stained hardwood, with brown-stained hardwood strip trim on inside
Fretboard: integral with neck; twelve nickel-silver bar frets
Nut: maple; finished in same varnish as body
Bridge: birch; integral saddle
Tuners: Four brown-stained hardwood pegs
Rosette: alternating, angled pieces of light and brown-stained hardwood, with brown-stained hardwood strip trim on each side, outside single brown-stained hardwood strip, set in from soundhole edge
Finish: dark brown varnish
Linings: kerfed light hardwood
Neck block: light hardwood; wood dowel through top block into neck
End block: light hardwood
Top braces: light hardwood transverse brace with tapered ends above soundhole; light hardwood transverse brace with tapered ends below soundhole
Back braces: light hardwood transverse brace with tapered ends in center bout
DimensionsTotal ukulele length: 526 mm (20-11/16″)
Back length: 230 mm (9-1/16″)
Upper bout width: 126 mm (4-31/32″)
Waist width: 97 mm (3-13/16″)
Lower bout width: 158 mm (6-7/32″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 48 mm (1-29/32″)
Rib height, at waist: 51 mm (2″)
Rib height, at end block: 55 mm (2-5/32″)
Head length: 128 mm (5-1/32″)
Head width, top: 59 mm (2-11/32″)
Head width, bottom: 52 mm (2-1/32″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 166 mm (6-17/32″)
Neck width, nut: 37 mm (1-15/32″)
Neck width, heel: 47 mm (1-27/32″)
Soundhole diameter: 45 mm (1-25/32″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 334 mm (13-5/32″)

Credit LineGift of Bonnie Weiger, 2010

Object number14469

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