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Title: ukalele
Post by: ralphiew on January 06, 2009, 10:03:03 AM

We recently acquired an old house, in the attic I found an old ukulele.
Some of the strings are gone, but other than that it is in great shape.
It is signed all over. Some of the signatures are very interesting. For instance "USN 1920"
several Navy symbols etc. One signature says USS Empire, then the words Nagasaki 1924.
Has anyone ever ran into anything like this?  ???

Title: Re: ukalele
Post by: Tim on January 06, 2009, 12:50:23 PM

Perhaps a previous owner or kin served in the US Navy, circa post WWI. Your court house should have those records.

Title: Re: ukalele
Post by: railman44 on January 06, 2009, 02:10:50 PM

If it's of Hawaiian vintage and made by a good builder, it's probably worth some good money.  A picture or two would be nice.