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Ukelin
The ukelin is a bowed psaltery with zither strings made popular in the 1920s. It is meant to be a combination of the violin and the Hawaiian ukelele. It lost popularity in the 1970s because the instrument was difficult to play and often returned to the manufacturer before it had been completely paid for.
==History==
The history of the ukelin is hard to trace, since there were several instruments resembling the ukelin that were produced in the 1920s. Paul F. Richter filed the first known ukelin patent in December 1924, it was granted in April 1926. The Phonoharp Company, which merged with Oscar Schmidt, Inc. the same year, began producing ukelins in 1926. However, an instrument greatly resembling the ukelin had had its patent filed in 1923, a year before Richter filed his; yet the patent, filed by John Large, was not granted until after Richter's patent had already been given. Another similar instrument had a patent filed by Walter Schmidt in 1925. Because of these patents filed one after the other it is unclear who really invented the first ukelin.〔Buzas, Bob. “History.” Bob’s Ukelin Home. Accessed 22 September 2013. http://www.studiobobo.com/ukelin/〕
Violinist Henry Charles Marx was one of the first to sell what he called a violin-uke, among many other instruments he created to be manufactured by his company Marxochime Colony. He is thought to be the first to manufacture the instrument but soon had his design copied by International Music Company, who sold it under the name ukelin. The Phonoharp Company sold Richter's design before merging with Oscar Schmidt in 1926.〔“The Ukelin and Related Instruments.” In Encyclopedia Smithsonian. Smithsonian Information, 1997-. Accessed 23 September 2013. http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmah/ukelin.htm.〕 Marxochime and Oscar Schmidt International, Inc. sold their instruments door-to-door through traveling salesmen, often to poor rural families. The salesmen would purchase the instruments from the company, then sell them at an inflated price, often on a payment plan. These prices increased as the economy grew stronger after the Depression. The customers were sometimes told that they were buying the instrument at a reduced price compared to a music store, but there is no evidence that they were ever sold in music stores.〔 The instruments were usually sold for $35-$40.〔“What is a ukelin (violin-uke)?” The National Music Museum. Accessed 28 September 2013. http://orgs.usd.edu/nmm/FAQ.html#ukelin.〕
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