Tiny Tim’s Uke Part 3
Fortunately another customer
came to our rescue: Colin McCubbin, a
collector and documenter of all things resophonic purchased the uke.
His website www.notecannons.com is the repository of wonderful pictures and
information concerning National, Dobro and other resonator instruments of the
past.
I think that when he first
saw our Beltona uke Mr Tim hadn’t seen a resonator uke. Being a nickel plated
brass uke it was obviously heavier than the wooden ukes he played. We installed
a stud in the waist of the instrument so he could attach a saxophone type strap
that balanced the uke and made it possible for him to use both his hands in
gesticulating and the uke would hang there waiting for him .
Tiny Tim was a genuine
eccentric and was accepted for it in the mainstream music world in his heyday.
This would be difficult to achieve now in this much more fragmented world where
you can be an eccentric star in a small group for a short time but not an
eccentric star on the scale of Mr Tim
for a prolonged period of time.
Thanks for viewing
Steve
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