Soprano Signature

$99.00

Alkemi’s Signature rosette is inspired by a series of engravings by Robert Fludd (1574-1637) depicting the creation and evolution of the cosmos. Fludd is remembered as a prominent English physician, astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, philosopher and alchemist.

More on the Signature Rosette

In an inverse of the 'big-bang' theory in which the cosmos emerges from a point, in the hermetic view of creation the Divine worked from the periphery to condense the material world out of spirit. In Fludd’s series we see the spiritual precursors of the four elements being condensed from the perimeter into the centre thus forming the material world.

Many of Fludd’s striking illustrations were intended as a history of the 'macrocosm and microcosm', the ancient conception that saw common patterns reproduced across the cosmos, from the level of the universe (macrocosm) down to what we now refer to as the sub-atomic level (microcosm). According to Fludd, the music made by singers or instruments (musica instrumentis) represented but the shadow of the true and deeper internal music of the human body (musica humana) and the “music of the spheres” created by the movements of celestial bodies (musica mundana).

SPECS

SIGNATURE

Profile: Soprano

Top: Mahogany

Back & Sides: Mahogany

Neck: Mahogany

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Rosette: based on cosmological engravings
by alchemist Robert Fludd (1574-1637)
interpreted by Morgan de Villiers

Fret markers: Signature Alkemi “Four Elements” at 12th

Bridge: Rosewood

Nut & Saddle: Black OEM Graphite

Headstock: Mahogany with Techwood veneer

Machine heads: Open Back Chrome

Machine head pegs: Black

Strings: Aquila

Finish: Open pore satin

Gig bag included

Sku: UKE S SIG

Measurements

Soprano Profile	mm
Scale Length:	345
Overall Instrument Length:	545
Body Length:	243
Number of frets:	12
Width at upper bout:	131
Width at lower bout:	180
Width at waist:	114
Soundhole diameter:	52
Body Depth:	60
Fingerboard width at nut:	35
Fingerboard width at neck/body joint:	42
Neck thickness at 1st fret:	18.4
Neck thickness at body:	22.7
Total number of frets:	22.8
Brace material:	Spruce

Shipping & Returns

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INSTRUMENT RETURNS

We want you to be completely delighted with your instrument. If you are unsatisfied with your purchase for any reason, you may return for refund or credit within 30 days of purchase.

If your order was shipped for free, the cost of outbound shipping will be deducted from your return credit unless the instrument was damaged or defective.

Simply request a return authorization number & shipping address from Alkemi Customer Service by contacting us at: info@alkemiinstruments.com

1. Items should be packed in the original box in the condition in which they were received.

2. All accessories should be included.

3. Receipt or gift receipt should be included.

4. We advise using a shipping method that allows you to track your return as Alkemi cannot be responsible for any returns lost

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