Banjo ukulele

Dulcetta

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Instrument

Banjo/Guitars/Strings/Musical Instrument ; Banjo

Instrument Family

Strings

Maker

Dulcetta

Place Made

London ; Europe ; England ; United Kingdom

Date Made

Circa 1940

Description

Technical description: Small banjo body with calfskin head. Metal tone ring with six tension screws. String attaching hooks protrude from the tone ring at the bottom. Rim of beech, veneered with rosewood on the outside and painted black on the inside. The rim is constructed in two halves, joined by halflap joints at the top and bottom. The head, neck, heel and body support are of one piece, probably some variety of mahogany. The body support goes through the rims at the top halflap joint and is let into the body at the bottom. The heel flows smoothly into the neck. There are four rosewood friction tuning pegs. The nut is ivory. The fingerboard is a very thin layer of ebony glued onto a thin layer of holly, which is in turn glued onto the mahogany neck. The neck is 222mm long, 32mm wide at the nut, and 46mm wide at the body join. There are 17 metal frets. There are mother-of-pearl position markers at frets 3, 5, 7, 10 and 12. Repair History: Originally there was an endpin which acted to anchor the body support in place. Overall size: 559 Body diameter: 207 Body depth: 69 String length: 334 Stamped inscription on the back of the body support has a logo with the initials "B.S." and then the words "DULCETTA / LONDON". On the back of the head is stamped the serial number "16787", and on the front of the head is the logo with the "B.S." initials and the words "DULCETTA / LONDON" below it.

Notes

A. Macaulay, November 1991; D.P. Martin, 2003.

Measurements

559.Body diameter: 207.

Provenance

Government allocation to the University, 1991.

Collection

MIMEd ; C.H. Brackenbury Memorial Collection

Accession Number

1116

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