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Soprano ukulele

Musician Represented Herbert Khaury "Tiny Tim"

Date1990 ca.

Place MadeAsia

SignedNoneMarkingsWritten in gold permanent marker on top: WKCW To Tom "Cat" / Reeder / "Leave Me Satisfied" Tiny Tim

Written in gold permanent marker on back of neck heel: [illeg.] CDescriptionAutographed by famed ukulele artist Tiny Tim to country and radio broadcaster Tom ‘Cat’ Reeder” at WKCW-AM Radio, Warrenton, VA.

Stringing: four clear nylon strings
Soundboard: one-piece maple plywood
Back: one-piece maple plywood
Ribs: two-piece maple plywood with other medium tropical hardwood with open pores, possibly luan, on inside
Head: light tropical hardwood with open pores; integral with neck
Neck: light tropical hardwood with open pores, integral with head; heel separate maple piece
Heel cap: none
Binding: none
Fretboard: maple printed with fake rosewood finish, the sides finished with same finish as neck; 12 T-brass frets; white painted dots behind 5th, 7th, and 10th frets
Nut: translucent off-white plastic
Bridge: black plastic with translucent off-white plastic saddle; screwed to top with two black-painted Philips'-head screws
Tuners: four worm-gear tuners with nickel-plated steel plates and rollers and ivory plastic heads
Rosette: two white-painted lines
Finish: medium-translucent medium red lacquer
Linings: none
Neck block: light brown tropical hardwood with open pores; tool marks visible on face
End block: dark brown tropical hardwood with open pores; narrow; shallow
Top braces: none; light brown tropical hardwood with open pores bridge plate
Back braces: noneDimensionsTotal soprano ukulele length: 540 mm (21-1/4″)
Back length: 241 mm (9-1/2″)
Upper bout width: 124 mm (4-7/8″)
Waist width: 111 mm (4-3/8″)
Lower bout width: 161 mm (6-11/32″)
Rib height (including edging) at heel: 58 mm (2-9/32″)
Rib height, at waist: 57 mm (2-1/4″)
Rib height, at end block: 57 mm (2-1/4″)
Head length: 127mm (5″)
Head width, top: 59 mm (2-5/16″)
Head width, bottom: 49 mm (1-15/16″)
Neck length (nut to ribs): 170 mm (6-11/16″)
Neck width, nut: 34 mm (1-11/32″)
Neck width, heel: 44 mm (1-23/32″)
Soundhole diameter: 47 mm (1-27/32″)
Vibrating string length (nut to bridge edge): 339 mm (13-11/32″)
Scale length: 338 mm (13-5/8″)ProvenancePreviously owned by Tom "Cat" Reeder, the country and bluegrass broadcaster.

Credit LineGeoffrey Robert Rezek Collection, 2014

Object number14926

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