{"id":7436,"date":"2011-04-03T18:57:12","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T23:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertlpeters.com\/news\/?p=7436"},"modified":"2011-04-03T18:57:12","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T23:57:12","slug":"paddlelele","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/paddlelele\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddlelele…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba<\/em><\/p>\n

I’m the chuffed new owner of the one-of-a-kind Paddlelele<\/em> built by master luthier Fred Casey (of C.F. Casey Guitars<\/a>). This tenor ‘ukulele began as a child’s canoe paddle\u2026 by dent of imagination and practiced skill it evolved into Fred’s entry into the Lake<\/strong><\/em>, the WAVE\/WINNBAC<\/a> art show currently on exhibit at the New Iceland Heritage Museum<\/em> in Gimli, Manitoba (I was attending the show with Ev, who’s entry was entitled On the surface all seemed normal…<\/em><\/a>, and the Paddlelele <\/em>called to me the moment I saw it on exhibit).<\/p>\n

Lake Winnipeg (the world’s 11th-largest freshwater body) looms large for anyone living in these parts. Commenting on Paddlelele<\/em>, Fred says: “To me, the lake means canoeing: slipping along in a sheltered cove or quiet backwater. Canoes and ‘ukuleles just seem to go together: a couple under a full moon, he paddling slowly as she serenades him with her ‘uke.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Paddlelele, front, back, and side views. The original paddle is white poplar, back and sides are black walnut, as is the fingerboard. The tuning pegs are hand-carved black walnut, salvaged from one of Fred’s early dulcimers.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Winnipeg Beach, Manitoba I’m the chuffed new owner of the one-of-a-kind Paddlelele built by master luthier Fred Casey (of C.F. Casey Guitars). This tenor ‘ukulele began as a child’s canoe paddle\u2026 by dent of imagination and practiced skill it evolved into Fred’s entry into the Lake, the WAVE\/WINNBAC art show currently on exhibit at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,5,8,11,17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7436"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7436"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7436\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertlpeters.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}