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March 03rd, 2016

3/3/2016

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DECISION MADE, #67 SOLD;  It was not an easy decision.  Today I sold my very favorite tenor in the hope that the last tenor built will mature into an even better instrument.  Both ukes have redwood sound boards. #76 had redwood that had been paneling in a quality home.  It was not remarkably tight grained but it made a uke with wonderful tone.  It is the best uke I have made I think.   I decided to sell it because I have recently built #79 using Redwood from a water tank that for perhaps 80 years has been on the roof of a New York City apartment house.  The grain is incredibly tight.  I am betting it will mature into even a better sounding ukulele.  It has only been strung up for about a week but already it is sounding wonderful,  Not quite as good yet as #76 but I am hopeful.  Oh heck, If I made a bad decision at least my favorite uke went to a really nice guy, Bob Shaeffer from Anacortes.  And I still have some of that wide grained redwood.
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Stephen Ruffin
3/4/2016 02:13:14 am

First thing I did this morning is look to see which decision you made. I don't know if there is such a thing as karma, but I think you made a deposit into the karma bank. Number 78 arrives today and I am coming home early. Maybe I will be playing the Australian Blackwood today at the same time you play your new uke.

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