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Review of the Lanikai LU-21T Tenor Ukulele

The ukulele (or "uke") is a beautiful 4-stringed, guitar-like instrument. It is available in 4 different sizes; from smallest to largest (and also from highest tone to lowest), they are the soprano, concert, tenor and baritone uke. Although the sound of a soprano ukulele is the one that is most normally associated with a "typical" ukulele, any sized uke is great for a beginner. If you can play one size, you can play them all! Are you looking to learn the ukulele, and considering a uke to purchase? Read this lens for a complete review of the Lanikai LU-21T Tenor Ukulele!

Tenor Ukuleles

Tenor ukuleles sound lower than soprano or concert ukuleles, thanks to its larger-sized body. It is a great uke for performance pieces as its large size allows for more impressive techniques and greater maneuvaribility.

Lanikai Brand

Lanikai is a very popular brand of uke, known for its quality, affordable price and wide variety. It is particularly popular with beginners to the instrument.

Lanikai LU-21T Tenor Ukulele

The Lanikai LU-21T is the best selling Tenor Ukulele offered by Lanikai. The uke is handcrafted out of Nato wood (also known as Eastern Mahagony) on its top and back sides.

The instrument comes with die cast tuning machines which allow for easy tuning. As with most stringed instruments, initially you may have to tune more frequently in the beginning, but as the strings become more stable as they are stretched over time, tuning becomes less of a regularity.

The ukulele comes with premium Aquila strings. Aquila is a very reputable manufacturer known for its high quality strings that produce full-sounding tones.

Let's take a look at some review snippets from Amazon.com:

"...It is the perfect size, definitely is not a toy, and has a very rich sound. Even the factory strings aren't half bad, and it doesn't go out of tune too much. I love this one so much, and probably won't need to upgrade for a while either since it covers a wide range of ability levels...(continued)"

"...The build quality on this model tenor [Lanikai LU-21T Tenor Ukulele] is unsurpassed... and the rosewood + Aquila strings make it the best uke for the money...(continued)"

"...Its beautiful, and sounds just as pretty! It even comes with good strings (aquila). 5 stars!...(continued)"

If you like the mellow, low sound of tenor ukuleles, whether you're a novice or advanced player, the Lanikai LU-21T is a great buy, offering a great quality uke at a very reasonable price.

That concludes this Lanikai LU-21T Tenor Ukulele review/overview. If you are still on the fence and can't decide whether or not this ukulele is for you, be sure to check out the reviews and spec, or compare other ukes, on Amazon.com

Video of Lanikai LU-21T, LU-21 & Kala KA-WTML short review

The video shows the Lanikai LU-21T Tenor Ukulele (along with others as stated in the video's title) in action. While it is in Thai, you can clearly hear what the ukulele sounds like here.

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ukulele-reviews.com Feb 5, 2011 @ 3:03 am | delete

The LU-21 series is a great line of ukes for novices. The "normal" (i.e.soprano) version Lanikai LU-21 Soprano Ukulele is more portable and smaller than the tenor version, so it's ideal for those with small hands (or kids as well)!