xenukelin

I had someone offer me a ukelin. Since it has 32 strings (well, it's missing
one), 16 bowed and 16 plucked (or more likely strummed), and I play violin,
it seems to offer some possibilities, but I don't know if it'd be up my
alley. Any suggestions?

I think my guess was wrong there. Apparently it is often plucked, and it
looks like only 2 of the strings are bowed upon.

do you have a picture? Google image search drew a blank!!

On Mon, Mar 28, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Daniel Nielsen <nielsed@...> wrote:
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> I had someone offer me a ukelin. Since it has 32 strings (well, it's missing one), 16 bowed and 16 plucked (or more likely strummed), and I play violin, it seems to offer some possibilities, but I don't know if it'd be up my alley. Any suggestions?
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Nevermind, I see now, the bow kind of careens between strings. A violin
teacher's worst nightmare.

This one
<http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.catfish1952.com/freakshowfiles/UKELIN4BST.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.catfish1952.com/freakshow.html&usg=__R7mpseM4KrnETHkV5fjvm8CcSts=&h=480&w=640&sz=86&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=Ad2Muz1wijg7LM:&tbnh=165&tbnw=230&ei=mAKRTYP2DImP0QG_u938Dg&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dukelin%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official%26channel%3Ds%26biw%3D1280%26bih%3D831%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=410&vpy=290&dur=509&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=96&ty=80&oei=mAKRTYP2DImP0QG_u938Dg&page=1&ndsp=23&ved=1t:429,r:7,s:0>looks
a bit better than the one I have, but probably doesn't sound much different.

Being played - and this actually seems to be one of the better performances
on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWJ0gLONYeM

Cleaner, but simpler and more strummy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5Q0_lSq4Jc&feature=player_embedded#at=116

Apparently these instruments are pretty cheap and ubiquitous.