A Harp Ukulele!!!
Here are the two YouTube videos that made me fall in love with the idea of building a harp-ukulele:
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Hey....here's another video I just found today, of guitar/ukulele prodigy Sungha Jung playing the harp ukulele (Pete Howlett's design & Anuenue Ukulele's product): |
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Click on the little movies below for info on what I'll be doing for this summer's project:
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Friday, May 27th, 2011: Well, my summer vacation has officially begun!!! Here's a little video to begin with:
Here's Pete Howlett's plan I'm working from:
Here's a site I found helpful in trying to figure out what to do to build this harp ukulele (though it's a site on building a harp guitar, there are a lot of similarities): http://www.defaoiteguitars.com/page37.htm And here's a message thread posted by the same builder, with more info on building a harp guitar: http://harpguitars.websitetoolbox.com/post?id=4962403
Saturday, May 28th through Sunday, May 29th: No building on these two days . . . . I got kind of side-tracked . . . . I got a new puppy!!! Emily, my previous dog, had passed away this past December, and I was waiting until summer to look for another dog. Well, I found her this weekend, and, for the rest of the story, read here. |
Monday, May 30, 2011: Now that Hannah (my new puppy) is all settled in, I got back to working on the harp ukulele today. I had already drawn the shape of the mold on Friday, using the templates I had made from Pete Howlett's plan:
Then I used my bandsaw to cut the shape out. I first bandsawed close to the line, then used the drum sander in my drill press to get right up to the line and smooth it all out:
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