{"id":504,"date":"2018-09-01T12:44:02","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T10:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/?page_id=504"},"modified":"2025-10-03T22:00:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T20:00:31","slug":"mele-lani","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/?page_id=504","title":{"rendered":"\u00abMele Lani\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a tenor ukulele in cedar\/koa with a really lovely, clear, strong voice. In addition to the wood combination, I believe certain aspects of the construction, for example the fact that I left out the bridge plate, may be contributing to Mele Lani&#8217;s voice. Her name, by the way, means &#8222;song from heaven&#8220; or &#8222;heavenly music&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p>I used rosewood as the &#8222;accent wood&#8220; for the fretboard and headstock, the rosette, the tail graft and bindings, the bridge, and the heel. There isn&#8217;t all that much contrast between the koa and the rosewood bindings, so you have to look carefully to see them. All in all, the visual impression is quite tone-in-tone, like 22 shades of gold.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Top: western red cedar<\/li>\n<li>Back and sides: koa<\/li>\n<li>Neck: alder with rosewood heel<\/li>\n<li>Head plate: rosewood and ovangkol<\/li>\n<li>Fretboard and bridge: rosewood (IRW), 16&#8243; radius<\/li>\n<li>Rosette: rosewood with ovangkol rings<\/li>\n<li>Binding: rosewood<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-504 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050706_m.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050706_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050696_m.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050696_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050736_m.jpg' title=\"Mele Lani - tenor ukulele - koa, alder, rosewood\" data-rl_title=\"Mele Lani - tenor ukulele - koa, alder, rosewood\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050736_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-513\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-513'>\n\t\t\t\tMele Lani &#8211; tenor ukulele &#8211; koa, alder, rosewood\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050698_m.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050698_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050730_m.jpg' title=\"Ukulele neck and volute\" data-rl_title=\"Ukulele neck and volute\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050730_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-514\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-514'>\n\t\t\t\tUkulele neck and volute\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050702_m.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050702_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050701_m.jpg' title=\"Rosewood heel - Mele Lani\" data-rl_title=\"Rosewood heel - Mele Lani\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050701_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-477\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-477'>\n\t\t\t\tRosewood heel &#8211; Mele Lani\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050741_m.jpg' title=\"Mele Lani - rosewood and ovangkol headplate\" data-rl_title=\"Mele Lani - rosewood and ovangkol headplate\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050741_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-515\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-515'>\n\t\t\t\tMele Lani &#8211; rosewood and ovangkol headplate\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050340_m.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/P1050340_m-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a tenor ukulele in cedar\/koa with a really lovely, clear, strong voice. In addition to the wood combination, I believe certain aspects of the construction, for example the fact that I left out the bridge plate, may be contributing to Mele Lani&#8217;s voice. Her name, by the way, means &#8222;song from heaven&#8220; or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":13,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-504","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":519,"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504\/revisions\/519"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/muttcrew.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}