1950s Vintage Maccaferri Islander Ukulele Simulated Rosewood Excellent Cond

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Maccaferri Islander Ukulele Uke 1950s Vintage Plastic. Simulated rosewood body and cream colored top. Excellent condition, the only flaw I see is one of the tuners has a crack. It is in as found condition so will likely need new strings if you want to play it.
Introducing the Islander
Maccaferri spent months searching for a type of plastic that had the tonal qualities of wood. He ended up choosing Dow Styron, a versatile, resilient plastic that gave instruments a nice, warm tone. He based the design for his new Islander plastic uke on a Martin Style 0 soprano and constructed it from eight separately molded parts.
To ensure good intonation, he molded the frets into the fingerboard, adding a zero fret just ahead of the nut, a signature feature on all Maccaferri plastic ukuleles and guitars. Islanders were strung with nylon strings made by DuPont, and they used “Tune Tite” tuners that helped keep them on pitch. The first Islanders had cream-colored tops and “simulated rosewood” backs and sides."