What order do you put the strings on a ukulele, as regarding to thickness?

Question

It's a 4 string tenor ukulele. I'm restringing it for my grandfather. He says the strings go out of order, but I think they should go according to thickness. What's the answer, and why?

Answer 1

According to the ukulele instruction (and instruction book) that I had in Hawaii (don't laugh) your grandfather is correct. The strings go in this order from bottom to top: A (2nd space treble clef) , E ( 1st line TC) , C (lst leger line below TC) , G (2nd line TC). This is the traditional Hawaiian tuning.

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Answer 2

I am sure you are correct.

The confusion may result from what is known as a"re-entrant" tuning:

"The tenor ukulele can be tuned either way, and in C, tuning is sometimes tuned with the G-string an octave lower, so it is pitched below the C-string, where you might expect it. Some historians say such a tuning makes it a small guitar, since the re-entrant tuning is the characteristic that most identified the original ukulele. On a tenor instrument, the strings may also be doubled: six strings (where first and third strings are doubled) or eight strings (where all four strings are doubled with second and fourth course). In traditional Hawaiian tuning, first and third courses are tuned in an octave"

Assuming Wiki is correct (a dangerous assumptions sometimes), this should help you out.

Answer 3

bearcat is correct and just don't ask me to help I usually break those strings