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Ruby50
 Post subject: Ukelele plans
PostPosted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 8:32 am 
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My daughter plays the blues and owns a guitar repair shop in Brooklyn,NY. She just got back from 2 weeks in Cuba and visited guitar players and makers near Havana. She spent time with a group of retired guys who make instruments in the back yard out of chair legs and door panels. She brought along a couple of Stew-Mac fret saws and they are friends for life.

There are 4 types of instruments that they make, and I can't name them, but they expressed a desire to make some ukeleles. They asked my daughter to send them some plans.

Is there a source for inexpensive or even free ukelele plans?

Ed
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Yes there are several just Google -- I found a really nice tenor a couple years ago.

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http://www.grellier.fr/plans/Soprano_uk ... ele_en.pdf

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If the GAL hasn't published them yet, they will soon... detailed plans for three sizes of ukes done by Craig Sullivan, a NEL member who makes some great instruments.

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The grellier plans above are good. Stew Mac also has body outlines in their kit manuals. The manuals are available on the site.

I bet getting through TSA with a couple fret saws must have been fun gaah
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Try the
ukuleleunderground.com

Pegasusguitar.com
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wsukes.com
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Hana Lima 'Ia has great plans

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I wonder if she took some pictures of her adventure? Could she post them here?

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Bill Higgs wrote:
Hana Lima 'Ia has great plans


+1 on the plans and their construction manual is great too.

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David

Here is a grop of shots from her Facebook page

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10203970089436925&set=pcb.10203970127797884&type=1&permPage=1

I will pass along all of this great information - thanks to all

And by the way, she brought one of her Kalamazoo's to play for them - they loved it.

Ed Minch
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FWIW I got 1 from GAL and the other 3 from the MIMF . Do they have copying machines in cuba . Perhaps she can send them some originals , then every one can make copies of it ???
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