Gallery of Morihiko YASUDA

Last Update Wednesday, September 14, 2005
If you click captions below each photo, you can look at larger photos.
My guitars are frequently used at concerts in below order.

Morihiko YASUDA
All Guitars were made by Mitsuhiro Uchida.
Luthier
Mitsuhiro Uchida

Full Order
Individually
Handcrafted
Acoustic Guitar

JAPAN

Waiting Time: As of October 2004, he has received the order until 2010.

27 string Terz Harp Guitar (Dual soundboard model)
G1 ~ g4 : 6 octaves
Top: Spruce
Top part of "arm": Hawaiian Koa
Second soundboard: Cedar
Side & Back: Hawaiian Koa
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard & Bridge: Brazilian Rosewood
Tuner: Schaller with Ebony knobs (Bass & Guitar part)
Tuner: LSR (Treble part)

*Dual Soundboard model (completely separated type):
27 string Terz Harp Guitar has two soundboards. One is normal top soundboard. Second soundboard is located in the soundbox. It separates two rooms completely. One room has normal soundhole. Another one has a soundhole on top part of "arm". The wood you can look through soundhole of spruce is "cedar", it is not Hawaiian koa.
The dual soundboard produces subtle delay between normal soundhole and second soundhole. The sound is very comlex.


27 string Terz Harp Guitar

27 string Terz Harp Guitar-1

27 string Terz Harp Guitar-2

27 string Terz Harp Guitar-3
The picture behind Morihiko Yasuda was painted by Tensei Adachi.
The model of picture is Mori. The title of "I hear the wind singing a song".


27 string Terz Harp Guitar-4

27 string Terz Harp Guitar-5

27 string Terz Harp Guitar-6
The house with door of guitar shape is one of Mitsuhiro Uchida in Nagano prefecture.

Mitsuhiro Uchida & 27 string Terz Harp Guitar at Acoustic Fan Fair in Kariya city

27 string Terz Harp Guitar at Uchida Guitar Workshop in Takato town
6 string Guitar (U-6)

6 string Guitar (U-6)-1

6 string Guitar (U-6)-2

6 string Guitar (U-6)-3
6 string Guitar (U-99)

6 string Guitar (U-99)

U-99 at Acoustic Fan Fair in Kariya city
Tiple
Top: Cedar
Side & Back: Brazilian Rosewood
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard & Bridge: Brazilian Rosewood
Tuner: Schaller with Ebony knobs

Tiple: the photo permitted by "Player" (#417 Nov, 2000)


Tiple

Tiple-1

Tiple-2

Tiple
18 string Mignon Harp Guitar
A ~ e4 : 4 and a half octaves
Top: Spruce
Side & Back: Hawaiian Koa
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard & Bridge: Brazilian Rosewood
Tuner: Gotoh 510 with Koa knobs (Guitar part)
Tuner: LSR (Treble part)

18 string Mignon Harp Guitar: the photo permitted by "Player" (#417 Nov, 2000)

18 string Mignon Harp Guitar

18 string Mignon Harp Guitar-1

18 string Mignon Harp Guitar-2

18 string Mignon Harp Guitar at Forest Park in Hamakita city
18 string Mignon Harp Guitar
24 string Concert Harp Guitar (Dual soundboard model)
E1 ~ b3 : 5 and a half octaves
Top: Spruce
Second soundboard: Spruce
Side & Back: Indian rosewood
Neck: Mahogany
Fingerboard: Ebony
Bridge: Brazilian Rosewood
Tuner: Schaller with Ebony knobs (Bass & Guitar part)
Tuner: LSR (Treble part)
Pickup system: 4 channel M-factory pickups

24 string Concert Harp Guitar: the photo permitted by "Player" (#417 Nov, 2000)

*Dual Soundboard model (nonseparated type):
24 string Concert Harp Guitar has two soundboards. One is normal top soundboard. Second soundboard is located in the soundbox. It was made for bass part. The bridge for bass is not fixed on top soundboard. It is fixed on only second soundboard by maple posts through two small holes of top soundboard.
It does not completely separates the soundbox. You can look at Indian rosewood through soundhole of spruce.
The dual soundboard produces vivid and long sustention of bass sound.


24 string Concert Harp Guitar-1

24 string Concert Harp Guitar-2

24 string Concert Harp Guitar-3

24 string Concert Harp Guitar

24 string Concert Harp Guitar with Tamba

Mori with 24 string Concert Harp Guitar,
the late Izumi Uchida, Mitsuhiro Uchida

Mitsuhiro Uchida & Mori Yasuda
with 24 string Concert Harp Guitar

Mori Yasuda & Mitsuhiro Uchida

24 string Concert Harp Guitar-1

24 string Concert Harp Guitar-2

24 string Concert Harp Guitar-3


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