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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Tue Dec 11, 2012 11:31 am ] |
| Post subject: | Ukelin Off Ebay |
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 . Attachment: 100_1823.jpg Attachment: 100_1824.jpg
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
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. Trivial rant over. |
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| Author: | nyazzip [ Tue Dec 11, 2012 12:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
i even read somewhere that there were door-to-door salesmen hawking instruments like these, in big cities out east.... |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Wed Dec 12, 2012 9:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
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  Now theres a real investment ! I really dont care about the trivials , I like the look of odd instruments. 
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| Author: | Beth Mayer [ Wed Dec 12, 2012 10:33 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
It would fit right in for entertainment at Cindi Lou Who's roast beast dinner.... |
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| Author: | Tony_in_NYC [ Thu Dec 13, 2012 7:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
What do it do? Edit: This guy figured out how to play it. |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 12:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
Kewl ! Thanks Tony . Now where is the Bow for this thing ! |
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| Author: | Tony_in_NYC [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
If it wasn't in the shipping box, you got robbed! |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 1:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
Anyone know what size and style hat that guy would like me to eat? |
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| Author: | Tony_in_NYC [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ukelin Off Ebay |
Bowler. Seven and three quarters. Best tasting hat of all the hat styles. Posted using letters to form words, sentences and thoughts. |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 2:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
Tony_in_NYC wrote: 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 !
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| Author: | Tony_in_NYC [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:00 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Ukelin Off Ebay |
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! Posted using letters to form words, sentences and thoughts. |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 3:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
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! Posted using letters to form words, sentences and thoughts.  your gonna make me a bow ? 
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| Author: | Tony_in_NYC [ Fri Dec 14, 2012 5:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
WudWerkr wrote: 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! Posted using letters to form words, sentences and thoughts. your gonna make me a bow ?       See where I am going with this? You have a new project in your future. Not I. |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Sat Dec 15, 2012 10:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
FINE !!!! Attachment: Goat.jpg
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| Author: | warrenb222 [ Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
 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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| Author: | Dennis E. [ Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
I'll bet you could play it with dulcimer hammers -- if you can figure out how to tune it! |
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| Author: | RTurner [ Sat Jan 04, 2014 3:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
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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| Author: | Quine [ Mon Jan 06, 2014 1:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
How would you describe the tone of that instrument? Dulcid? no no. Maybe gawd-awful? |
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| Author: | Lonnie J Barber [ Tue May 20, 2014 12:41 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
I really enjoyed the real screechy part. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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| Author: | Chris Pile [ Tue May 20, 2014 9:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
Finally got around to watching the video.... Not as bad as I expected - almost pleasant. |
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| Author: | WudWerkr [ Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
He played Amazing Grace hoping God would forgive the sound . lolol |
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| Author: | dzsmith [ Thu Aug 21, 2014 8:01 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Ukelin Off Ebay |
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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