The next four are going to be an interesting, somewhat different collection, using different local woods. I am building two concerts and a soprano to build up a little ‘smaller’ ukulele inventory as most of what I have are tenors. So, the lineup is:
soprano – dogwood back and sides, redwood top
concert – spalted sycamore back and sides, local aromatic cedar top
concert – apple back and sides. I cut this a while back from a local orchard that was replacing a row of trees. It is surprising to me how hard and stiff apple wood has turned out to be. Should make a very nice instrument. Streaky water-tank redwood top.
????? – The last one is a ‘surprise’, both because I have no idea how it will work out (a completely new thing) and it is going to be a present and I don’t want to ruin any surprise if they happen to be reading here.
The wood layed out and started to be made into ukuleles. I build in sets of four since that is what fits in my little workshop.
