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Originally Posted by guitar344
You probably get to F tuning on soprano and the string are still somewhat far from breaking. Aren't uke's sturdy?
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Not in my opinion, no. Ukes, especially soprano ukes, are not particularly sturdy. The bridges on them are often pretty small (in footprint) and a bit on the tall side so there's a lot of tension on a bridge with only a small glued surface area keeping it stuck to the top. As I suggested in my post, I think the bridges on many would pop off before the strings broke.
While it might be possible to tune a soprano to F, I certainly wouldn't advise doing it for any length of time. Besides... many of them begin to sound very tinny even at D.... cranking them up to F would probably not help the tone at all.