Tenor banjo-ukulele
Alternate name(s)
- Tenor ukulele-banjo
- Tenor banjo-uke
- Tenor banjolele
Maker
Todd Korup
Date2008
Place MadePort Washington, Wisconsin, United States, North America
Serial No.052
SignedInlaid mother-of-pearl on peghead: TBranded into bridge: T
Branded onto inside of resonator: HAND CRAFTED / BY / TODD KORUP / TODD [signed in pencil] / 2008
Written in pen on inner rim, the T branded: TODD ‘08
MarkingsBranded onto inner rim: 052
Stamped onto fiber head: REMO [inside crown outline] / WEATHERKING / FIBERSKYN 3 FA / [underline] / MADE IN U.S.A. / [eight-pointed star inside a circle]
Stamped on tuners: Planet [image of Saturn] Five Star
DescriptionCustom built for Geoffrey Rezek
Neck: maple; carbon-fiber truss rod (not visible – see note in file)
Peghead: maple with 3-ply ebony-white-ebony veneer; four tuning pegs; mother-of-pearl T inlay
Fingerboard: ebony; 17 nickel-silver frets; single mother-of-pearl dots behind 5th, 7th, and 12th frets; two mother-of-pearl dots behind 10th fret; mother-of-pearl side dots behind 5th, 7th, 10th, and 12th frets
Heel cap: none
Head: fiber; aluminum flesh-hoop
Tone ring: none
Rim: three stacked layers of Lost Timber maple blocks
Bracket hooks: 14 nickel-plated steel
Shoes: 14 chrome-plated steel
Tension hoop: chrome-plated steel
Dowel stick: nickel-plated brass
Resonator: 2-piece curly maple back; maple rim with maple linings; ebony binding; affixed to the rim with 4 cream-leather-covered tension brackets; spruce brace with tapered ends perpendicular to spruce graft
Nut: cream-colored plastic or bone
Tuners: nickel-plated steel tension pegs with ebony heads
Tailpiece: chrome
Finish: clear
DimensionsTotal instrument length: 656 mm (25-27/32”)
Vibrating string length: 433 mm (17-1/16”)
Fingerboard length: 299 mm (11-29/32”)
Fingerboard width at nut: 36 mm (1-13/32”)
Fingerboard width at body: 47 mm (1-27/32”)
Head diameter: 202 mm (7-15/16”)
Resonator diameter: 256 mm (10-3/32”)
Rim and resonator depth: 82 mm (3-7/32”)
Credit LineGeoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2014
Object number14909
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