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Soprano ukulele

Distributor Matthias Hohner, Inc.

Date2004 ca.

Place MadeChina, Asia

Place DistributedGlen Allen, Virginia, United States

ModelHU212

SignedPrinted in black ink on tan paper label with decorative border: HAND CRAFTED / Hohner / Established 1857 / MODEL No HU212* / SERIAL NoMarkingsSigned on top in purple metallic ink: [Mike McCready] Matt Came[ron] WERD / JA 04 [Jeff Ament] Hello. / Eddie Vedder. SG [Stone Gossard] / LOST DOGS.. DescriptionAutographed by Pearl Jam (Eddie Vedder, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Jeff Ament, Matt Cameron).

Stringing: four nylon strings
Soundboard: one-piece Nato wood plywood
Back: one-piece Nato wood plywood
Ribs: one-piece Nato wood plywood
Head: Nato wood; shield-shaped upper end
Neck: Nato wood; neck heel is separate piece
Heel cap: innone
Binding: anone
Fretboard: Nato wood; 12 brass frets; imitation mother-of-pearl plastic dots behind 5th, 7th, and 12th frets
Nut: white plastic
Bridge: dark tropical hardwood; white plastic saddle; two mother-of-pearl dots; tie-end
Tuners: four worm-gear tuners with nickel-plated steel plates and rollers and white plastic heads, and white plastic grommets on face
Rosette: double white-painted line
Finish: orange lacquer
Linings: Nato wood
Neck block: light softwood
End block: none
Top braces: none; two screws through bridge into top
Back braces: onone
DimensionsTotal ukulele length: 532 mm (20-15/16″)
Back length: 231 mm (9-3/32″)
Upper bout width: 129 mm (5-3/32″)
Waist width: 120 mm (4-23/322″)
Lower bout width: 170 mm (6-11/16″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 57 mm (2-1/4″)
Rib height, at waist: 57 mm (2-1/4″)
Rib height, at end block: 57 mm (2-1/4″)
Head length: 124 mm (4-7/8″)
Head width, top: 63 mm (2-15/32″)
Head width, bottom: 50 mm (1-31/32″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 176 mm (6-15/16″)
Neck width, nut: 35 mm (1-3/8″)
Neck width, heel: 47 mm (2-27/32″)
Soundhole length: 44 mm (1-23/32″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 349 mm (13-3/4″)

Credit LineGeoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2015

Object number14994

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