Tenor ukulele
Maker
The Magic Fluke Company
Date2007
Place MadeHartford, Connecticut, United States, North America
ModelFluke M20 Tiki Mug
Serial No.M20 16836 2
SignedPrinted in yellow and black black on round label with yellow border: THE MAGIC FLUKE COMPANY / It’s / a / Fluke® / [model and serial number written in black felt-tip pen] M20 16836 / 2 / NEW HARTFORD, CT USA In raised lettering on back: THE FLEA TM / MADE IN USA
MarkingsPencil lines on inside of top marking lower fan brace positions
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: walnut with cutaway center; integral with neck
Neck: walnut; integral with head
Heel cap: none
Binding: none
Fingerboard: rosewood with rounded end; 18 nickel-silver frets integral including zero fret; single mother-of-pearl dots behind 5th, 7th, and 10th frets, not including zero fret; double mother-of-pearl dots behind 12th fret, not including zero fret
Nut: black plastic
Bridge: rosewood with tapered ends; black plastic saddle; string balls fit into recesses at end of bridge
Tuners: four nickel-plated steel tension tuners with black plastic heads
Rosette: none
Finish: clear in top with repeated images of tiki mugs affixed with heat transfer / dye sublimation process
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 softwood parallel brace with tapered ends below soundhole; two small softwood diagonal braces with tapered ends in fan configuration on each side of thin laminated hoop pine bridge plate; softwood parallel brace at joint with lower side
Back bracing: none
DimensionsTotal ukulele length: 614 mm (24-3/16″)
Back length: 284 mm (11-3/16″)
Upper bout width: 43 mm (1-11/16″)
Lower bout width: 176 mm (6-15/16″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 48 mm (2-29/32″)
Rib height, at end block: 77 mm (3″)
Head length: 102 mm (4″)
Head width, top: 53 mm (2-3/32″)
Head width, bottom: 52 mm (1-1/16″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 219 mm (8-5/8″)
Neck width, nut: 37 mm (1-7/16″)
Neck width, heel: 44 mm (1-3/4″)
Soundhole diameter: 58 mm (2-9/32″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 431 mm (16-31/32″)
Credit LineGeoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2010
Object number14461
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