For 87 years people in Hawaii and around the world have used them to make sweet music. In today's Lucky You Live Hawaii, we take a tour of the Kamaka Ukulele Factory. It's something a lot of Hawaii ...
Dec. 28—Kamaka was less than two months short of what would have been his 99th birthday when he died July 23. The life and legacy of Frederick Ku Kamaka Sr., late president of Kamaka Ukulele Inc., ...
Sam Kamaka is showing me the original pineapple ukulele. It's oval, not the usual nipped-in-at-the-waist model. His father, Samuel K. Kamaka, designed this one around 1916, he tells me, and when it ...
Stacks of handcrafted koa ukulele sit next to piles of boxes on shelves overflowing with unsorted papers and a mishmash of stuff. This is the two-story Kakaako home of Kamaka Hawaii, the ukulele ...
Honolulu-based instrument maker Kamaka Hawaii is wrapping up a year of celebrations commemorating its 100th anniversary of making Kamaka ‘Ukulele. Founded in 1916 by Samuel Kaialiilii Kamaka, Sr. as ...
Chris Kamaka leans back in his chair, strumming an old tenor ukulele, an instrument that his family business, Kamaka Hawaii, has been building for 100 years. He’s been challenged to play a sad song on ...
A centennial is almost by definition a “once in a lifetime” for almost anyone, and a monumental event for that reason alone. The centennial of Kamaka Ukulele is monumental for at least two other ...
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The public is invited to celebrate the life of the legendary 'ukulele maker Samuel Kaialiilii Kamaka Jr. -- the craftsman behind the famed Kamaka 'ukulele. Kamaka Jr. was the ...
A third-generation Kamaka ukulele builder and manager avoided prison time for failing to file general excise tax returns for six years and racking up a bill of more than $115,000 for the 109-year-old ...
Jul. 30—Frederick Ku Kamaka Sr., president of Kamaka Hawaii Inc., the oldest ukulele manufacturing company in Hawaii, died July 23. He was 98. Frederick Ku Kamaka Sr., president of Kamaka Hawaii Inc., ...
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A dozen guitars belonging to late Hawaiian slack key master Cyril Pahinui have been stolen, and his wife wants them returned, no questions asked. The guitars were in ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — Samuel Kamaka Jr. of the Kamaka ‘ukulele family passed away on Tuesday, March 15. He was 99 years old. The company issued this statement. It is with great sadness that we announce ...
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