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Baritone Archtop Ukulele

(pictures are forthcoming)
I wanted to make a small instrument but most Ukuleles seem to be made in the tiny soprano size.
I thought to make something different and chose the Baratone size. Likewise I had never seen or heard of an archtop ukulele so given my affinity for archtop instruments I decided to develope this model. I have since learned that master archtop guitar maker John D'Angelico had beat me to the punch by several decades.
Nonetheless this instrument has a nice voice and does not suffer for having nylon strings at all.

The body is 10.25 inches at the lower bout
The scale is 20.12 inches
Being a baritone it is tuned DGBE like the high 4 strings of a guitar allowing easy adaptation for many players.

This example has red maple back sides and neck.
The top is red cedar.
The fingerboard is ebony.
The headstock, tailpiece, and pick guard are faced with black cherry burl.