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WudWerkr
 Post subject: Ukelin Off Ebay
PostPosted: Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:31 am 
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Just got this Off Ebay . I am sure there are alot of these around , however this is only second one Ive ever seen.

Probably not worth the $41.00 I invested , but will look Kewl hanging on the basement wall in my man cave .

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 Post subject: Re: Ukelin Off Ebay
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but this Ukelin is from the 20's, right? American manufacturing was growing like a weed in those days, and believed they could make anything - even instruments that had no history, and therefore - no players, and no music written for them. And yet, there was a market. Weird.

Find me a known ukelin player, or ukelin instruction book, and I'll buy you a hat so I can eat it.

We've probably seen lots of these phantom instruments before... on eBay, at garage sales, on walls collecting dust, the trash...

I remember a client bringing in what looked like a common zither, but it didn't have the usual cross-string damping pads that formed chords. Instead it featured a picking attachment, with a corresponding linkage that sent a metal slidebar up and down the strings with each strum. The end result was a constant zooming of notes up and down the strings, with no way to individually select a note. The player could not form chords or melodies, just this endless zooba, zooba noise that was entirely useless.

They were a waste of wood, metals, and other materials... but some knucklehead bought them back in the day.

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 Post subject: Re: Ukelin Off Ebay
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i even read somewhere that there were door-to-door salesmen hawking instruments like these, in big cities out east....
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 Post subject: Re: Ukelin Off Ebay
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From what the label says on this one it is early 1900's made in new jersey and sold new for $30.00 so in 100 years it has gained $11.00 in value laughing6-hehe laughing6-hehe Now theres a real investment !

I really dont care about the trivials , I like the look of odd instruments. idunno

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It would fit right in for entertainment at Cindi Lou Who's roast beast dinner....
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What do it do? idunno

Edit:
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Kewl ! Thanks Tony . Now where is the Bow for this thing !

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Anyone know what size and style hat that guy would like me to eat?

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Bowler. Seven and three quarters. Best tasting hat of all the hat styles.


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If it wasn't in the shipping box, you got robbed!



No bow in box or in advert , be honest , I didnt know it was played with a bow till I saw the vid .


Chris , I say a straw hat , much more fibre and better for you ! laughing6-hehe

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Actually, upon further reflection on the subject, I would like to see you eat a Von Dutch hat. The world could do with one less of those.

Wud, every video I saw had a bow. I see a new project on the horizon!


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Actually, upon further reflection on the subject, I would like to see you eat a Von Dutch hat. The world could do with one less of those.

Wud, every video I saw had a bow. I see a new project on the horizon!


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;) your gonna make me a bow ? :D

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Tony_in_NYC wrote:
Actually, upon further reflection on the subject, I would like to see you eat a Von Dutch hat. The world could do with one less of those.

Wud, every video I saw had a bow. I see a new project on the horizon!


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;) your gonna make me a bow ? :D


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FINE !!!!

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:) I kind of want one after seeing the vid, but them I'm the guy who innocently reinvented the guitar banjo as my first build at 19. (That was a few years ago)
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I'll bet you could play it with dulcimer hammers -- if you can figure out how to tune it!

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I found one in the original box and in fully original condition...with the bow, rosin, music stand, and instruction book...for $25.00 at an antique store in Massachusetts. I donated it to the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, CA.

There is a small cult of ukelinists...and you can even get new string sets...for more than the ukelin is worth.
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How would you describe the tone of that instrument? Dulcid? no no. Maybe gawd-awful?
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I really enjoyed the real screechy part.


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Finally got around to watching the video....
Not as bad as I expected - almost pleasant.

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He played Amazing Grace hoping God would forgive the sound . lolol

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Cool, sorta like a fancy dulcimer.
I wondered what the hoop things were for.
i liked the sound until the guy started playing the high pitch whiny part at the end.

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