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UKULELE BANJO "special order" "House of Stathopoulo" later Epiphone FREE SHIP
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Description Brand: House of Stathopoulo Model: special order Ukulele Type: Banjolele Exact Year: 1917-1928 Body Material: Maple Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Top Material: goatskin
This is by far my favorite uke to play. I am not a very good player, but felt like I was, when strumming this one. I have bought, cleaned, refurbished, resuscitated, played and sold many, many banjo ukes during the last 20 plus years and this is my favorite of all. I have had "fancys", really good players, Ludwigs, Gibsons, and most of the other fine BU's. I am 84 and my playing days are over. I want to get this one into somebody's hands who can appreciate playing quality, not just decoration. This is obviously a special order UB, made sometime between 1917 and 1926 by "House of Stathopoulo", which later became Epiphone. It is 22 1/2 inches long, the head measures 9 1/2 inches, the fingerboard is 7 inches long, it is 13 inches from nut to bridge. It has well played, but still good, Aquilla strings, and a good leather? vellum. The planetary tuners look to be Grover prewar, but I'm not sure, I can't read it. It has an arm rest. This one is probably a "one of a kind".What makes me pretty sure that this was a special order banjo uke instead of a melody banjo is that the second string was doubled at the octave, making it an unconventional 5 string banjo, which would make picking unhandy. The case is purtnear perfect and is period. Free shipping.If you don't like her (highly unlikely) I will gladly enjoy her coming back home.
Description
| Brand: | House of Stathopoulo | Model: | special order |
| Ukulele Type: | Banjolele | Exact Year: | 1917-1928 |
| Body Material: | Maple | Country/Region of Manufacture: | United States |
| Top Material: | goatskin |
This is by far my favorite uke to play. I am not a very good player, but felt like I was, when strumming this one. I have bought, cleaned, refurbished, resuscitated, played and sold many, many banjo ukes during the last 20 plus years and this is my favorite of all. I have had "fancys", really good players, Ludwigs, Gibsons, and most of the other fine BU's. I am 84 and my playing days are over. I want to get this one into somebody's hands who can appreciate playing quality, not just decoration.
This is obviously a special order UB, made sometime between 1917 and 1926 by "House of Stathopoulo", which later became Epiphone. It is 22 1/2 inches long, the head measures 9 1/2 inches, the fingerboard is 7 inches long, it is 13 inches from nut to bridge. It has well played, but still good, Aquilla strings, and a good leather? vellum. The planetary tuners look to be Grover prewar, but I'm not sure, I can't read it. It has an arm rest. This one is probably a "one of a kind".What makes me pretty sure that this was a special order banjo uke instead of a melody banjo is that the second string was doubled at the octave, making it an unconventional 5 string banjo, which would make picking unhandy. The case is purtnear perfect and is period. Free shipping.If you don't like her (highly unlikely) I will gladly enjoy her coming back home.