Ukulele Books. Peter and Donna Thomas
260 Fifteenth Avenue Santa Cruz CA 95062
(831) 475-1455
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Ukulele Series Book #9 The Letterpress Ukulele. 2002
This is a rejected prototype concert ukulele donated to the ukulele book cause
by Lehua Ukuleles. It was sawed in half and boards were added to make both
halves solid. Pages were handmade with a double ukulele shaped deckle so that
the pages could be folded and sewn through the spine. The pages were then
letterpress printed in various colors of ink, using old wood type and two
of Donna's linocuts of ukuleles. The book was sewn with two needles over tapes.
The tapes, made of brass wrapped in leather, were attached to the front and
back half of the ukulele with brass hinges and screws.
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