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 ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - A well-known local ukulele maker is celebrating 110 years in business this week and was honored with a proclamation Wednesday. Kamaka Ukulele is the original creator of the ...

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 ...

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 (HawaiiNewsNow) - The legendary ukulele maker Samuel Kamaka Jr. passed away Tuesday morning. Kamaka’s father, Sam Kamaka Sr., created the patented Kamaka ukulele — otherwise known as the ...

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 ...

Most historians will tell you the Hawaiian word ukulele, which can be translated as a bouncing or jumping flea, was first used to describe the nimble fingers of Portuguese musicians in the late 19th ...

Editor’s Note: Renowned ‘ukulele maker Fred Kamaka Sr. passed away peacefully on July 23, 2023, at age 98, according to his family. His brother Samuel Kamaka Jr. passed last March at age 99. The ...

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