6-string ukulele
Maker
Gioachino Giussani
Date2001
Place MadeAnghiari (Arezzo), Tuscany, Italy, Europe
Model6-string
Serial No.none
SignedPrinted on paper label:DescriptionStringing: six nylon strings
Soundboard: two-piece quarter-cut spruce: fine grain
Back: one-piece palisander (rosewood)
Ribs: two-piece palisander (rosewood)
Head: Spanish cedar veneered with ebony; integral with neck
Neck: Spanish cedar; separate piece at heel; integral with head
Heel cap: none
Binding: rosewood; two-ply light and dark hardwood strip trim on top
Fretboard: rosewood; 17 nickel-silver bar frets; small bone side-dots behind 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th and 15th frets
Nut: bone
Bridge: ebony; bone saddle; strings pass through holes in bridge into top without bridge pins
Tuners: four nickel-plated tension tuners with ivory plastic heads
Rosette: seven-ply light, medium, and black hardwood strips, the center strip comprised of alternating squares of light and medium hardwood
Finish: clear
Linings: kerfed mahogany; upper edge beveled
Neck block: three piece spruce; grain runs parallel to plane of top and back; rounded outline
End block: light hardwood
Top braces: two spruce transverse braces with scalloped ends above and below soundhole; three small spruce fan braces; small spruce bridge plate; hardwood reinforcement around soundhole
Back braces: two mahogany or Spanish cedar transverse braces with tapered ends, one each at upper and lower bouts; light hardwood center graft
DimensionsTotal ukulele length: 552 mm
Back length: 238 mm
Upper bout width: 139 mm
Waist width: 131 mm
Lower bout width: 182 mm
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 52 mm
Rib height, at waist: 55 mm
Rib height, at end block: 59 mm
Head length: 129 mm
Head width, top: 58 mm
Head width, bottom: 65 mm
Neck length (nut to ribs): 172 mm
Neck width, nut: 56 mm
Neck width, heel: 66 mm
Soundhole diameter: 54 mm
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 345 mm
Credit LineGeoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2013
Object number14826
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