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violin uke

Adventures with 'other' instruments...

Ken- yes, i'm pretty sure it was almost never used. the only info i have on it was that my friend was tasked with cleaning out a friend of theirs home after they died. this person happened to be a hoarder of sorts, and the violin uke was found in a closet, and they asked me if i wanted to buy it. no case, no bow. i've seen some weird instruments over the years and this one fascinated me, so i bought it after doing a little research on it. 

I'll dig around for a zither tuning key or whatever is applicable. Thanks for the advice!

violin uke

Adventures with 'other' instruments...

sorry it took so long to get a photo up. 

violin uke

Adventures with 'other' instruments...

Made by Marx Co. yeah. It's the violin uke, not the ukelin. There's a guy with a website from the late 90's that did historical research on these things. It was quite informative. I'm not really concerned with restringing it just yet, as i need to figure out the size of the tuning pegs and get the correct tool for them. I went the autoharp route, but they don't even seem to know the size of their tuning pegs, which baffles me. I'll get some pictures up soon.

violin uke

Adventures with 'other' instruments...

I bought a violin uke from a friend about 2 years ago. After some research, I found this one is most likely from the 50's. I put it away and didn't think about it until I moved and hey, there it was!  I think I even found someone that makes replacement strings for it but it's pretty pricey. I discovered someone on here had worked with one of these little monsters and was hoping to get some info. I've tried to find anything about the tuning pegs on this thing and can't find answers anywhere.

Can anyone help?