Tony Francis

Tony Francis Instruments
Tony Francis is a luthier from Waikanae, New Zealand.

He is most known for his Weissenborn style square neck acoustic slide guitars. He has been making instruments for some years and his back catalogue includes a number of Ukuleles. The Ukuleles he makes are usually very traditional and often based on the ones Hermann Weissenborn made, with bridge pins and rope binding, but I have seen Lili'us and square neck slide Ukuleles made by him, as well as the more standard models too.

Tony Francis collaborated with Steve Evans of Beltona to make some crossover Concert Ukuleles using the Beltona resin back and sides.