Tenor taropatch
Maker
Maui Music
Maker
Peter Lieberman
Date2000
Place MadeLahaina, Hawaii, United States, North America
ModelStyle T8K41
Serial No.00-6750
SignedGold and black ribbon decal on head: MAUI MUSICPrinted on paper label with single line border, the serial number and style written in black ballpoint pen: [in ribbon] MAUI MUSIC / Individually Handcrafted / by/ Peter Lieberman / dba MAUI MUSIC & GIFT / P.O. Box 11501 Lahaina, HI 96761 / Serial # 00-6750 / Style TPK41DescriptionPeter Lieberman, working under the brand Maui Music, is a celebrated ukulele maker formerly based in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii, now working on the East Coast. This 8-string tenor taropatch is made of traditional koa wood.
Stringing: eight nylon strings
Soundboard: one-piece koa with broad curl
Back: one-piece koa with broad curl
Sides: two-piece koa with nocurl
Head: Spanish cedar veneered with narrow-curled koa over red hardwood veneer; integral with neck
Neck: Spanish cedar; integral with head
Heel cap: none
Binding: ivoroid with abalone trim surrounded on each side by thin ivory and black plastic strips, on top only
Fretboard: rosewood; 20 brass T-frets; abalone dots behind 5th, 7th, and 10th frets; very small ivory plastic side dots behind dots behind 5th, 7th, and 10th frets
Nut: ivory plastic
Bridge: koa tie bridge; rosewood saddle
Tuners: two sets of gold-plated tuners with pearloid head
Rosette: abalone surrounded on each side by thin ivory and plastic strip trim, then a wider piece of ivory plastic trim
Finish: clear
Linings: kerfed Spanish cedar
Neck block: Spanish cedar
End block: Spanish cedar
Top braces: two Spanish cedar transverse braces with tapered ends above and below soundhole; three Spanish cedar fan braces with tapered ends
Back braces: two Spanish cedar transverse braces with tapered ends, one each at center and lower bouts; two light hardwood square cleats along back joint between bracesDimensionsTotal taropatch length: 690 mm (27-5/32″)
Back length: 308 mm (12-1/8″)
Upper bout width: 177 mm (6-31/32″)
Waist width: 158 mm (6-7/32″)
Lower bout width: 225 mm (8-7/8″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 59 mm (2-5/16″)
Rib height, at waist: 64 mm (2-17/32″)
Rib height, at end block: 65 mm (2-9/16″)
Head length: 149 mm (5-7/8″)
Head width, top: 58 mm (2-9/32″)
Head width, bottom: 65 mm (2-9/16″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 238 mm (9-3/8″)
Neck width, nut: 38 mm (1-1/2″)
Neck width, heel: 46 mm (1-13/16″)
Soundhole diameter: 62 mm (2-7/16″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge) and scale length: 428 mm (16-27/32″)ProvenancePurchased by donor from Paul Weinstein, Bounty Music, at the 2001 Ukulele Hall of Fame meet up.
Credit LineGeoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2023
Object number15725
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