Shape

The ukulele: a squat bowl Levon returns to

Ukulele pipes in the Asikyan cabinet — pale, indigo, burgundy, smooth or cratered. A short, wide bowl with a bent shank, made one by one in Yerevan.

Not a toy name

Ukulele, in pipe language, is a squat, wide bowl on a usually bent shank — a compact smoker with a lot of chamber for its length. Levon returns to it often. The Facebook albums show a family: pale craters, indigo, burgundy, and a smooth gold-toned piece.

Asikyan Ukulele 493/26, Rusticated, art carved
Ukulele 493/26 · Rusticated, art carved

Four plates from the cabinet

493/26 is a pale ukulele, rusticated and art-carved, in the current shop when listed. 490/26 is the burgundy sister. 495/26 is an indigo bowl from the 2026 archive. 462/25 is smooth. Same shape family; four surfaces. The stem is cut to each pipe. The stamp is the same.

Asikyan Ukulele 490/26, Rusticated, art carved
Ukulele 490/26 · Rusticated, art carved

How it differs from a tomato or an apple

A tomato is even squatter, more flattened. An apple is rounder on a longer shank. The ukulele sits between them: wide, a little playful, still Danish in the line. If you want a short pipe that does not feel like a nose-warmer, this is the Asikyan shape to compare first.

Asikyan Ukulele 495/26, Rusticated, art carved
Ukulele 495/26 · Rusticated, art carved
Asikyan Ukulele 462/25, Smooth
Ukulele 462/25 · Smooth