Jersey Girl "Ptera" Guitalele
They were founded in 1947 and were very much part of the occupied Japan boom in chordophone making and produced instruments branded Artist, Conrad Drifter, Fernandes, Hondo, Love Rock, Mosrite, Sigma and Silver Star, They may have produced Gaban, Gallan, Gession, Hummingbird and Robin. This may not be all the brands they made, I haven't seen all of these names on Ukuleles and they may not have been the only firm producing them; my usual sort of statement when talking about Japanese Ukulele production in this period. The difference is that Tokai did make Sigma Ukuleles for Martin in the 1970's and they are still in business, in Hamamatsu, making acoustic and electric Guitars, and in 2014 they have reintroduced Ukuleles under their Cats Eyes brand, (this is one of the old brand names but they have kept it going for use on their acoustic range of guitars). I have only seen Sopranos but there may be other models out there?
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