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., ...

Frederick Ku Kamaka Sr. spent his later years conducting tours of the Kamaka Hawaii Inc. ukulele factory in Kakaako. Kamaka’s son and nephews assumed day-to-day responsibility for company operations ...

Kamaka Ukulele in 2016 celebrated 100 years as a family-run business making ukulele. Pictured in their Kakaako shop, where the koa wood is cured and stored, are second-generation ukulele makers Sam Jr ...

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 ...

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 ...

This is a special new year for Oahu’s Kamaka family, as they celebrate a century of making ukuleles, the string instrument so closely linked to Hawaii. Sam Kamaka founded the company in his Honolulu ...

My 18-year-old son, the ‘ukulele player, recently decided to upgrade the pickup in his Kamaka ‘ukulele (for the uninitiated, the pickup is the part of the instrument that allows it to be plugged in to ...

It’s an annual tradition that showcases the ukulele. Duke’s Waikiki is hosting the 12th Annual Duke’s Ukes contest at Duke’s Waikiki in early October. This morning on Wake Up 2day, Darin Tann, ...

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