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Ukulele builders, luthiers and manufactures from around the globe.
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Aguilera Guitars and Ukuleles
175 Edward Street
Brighton
East Sussex
England
BN2 0JB
Tel: 01273 673200
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- Guitars
- Ukuleles
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( from listing's site ) - Aguilera Guitars and Ukuleles offers an interesting variety of musical instruments ranging from exclusive, handmade, Flamenco guitars and Cajons - to Ukuleles, Mandolins and Bouzoukis. We also have a selection of Classical and Steel Strung guitars.
They undertake in-house repairs and set-ups, lessons covering all styles and ability groups as well as transcription services.
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Akulele Ukuleles
Joseph Todaro
Todaro's Music
28 N. Lansdowne Ave.
LansdownePA 18901
PHN: 610-623-35556
Links
- www.akulele.com
- www.PlayUke.com
- www.worldfrets.com
- Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Akulele
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Anahola Stringed Instruments
Mickey Sussman
Kaua'i, HI 18901
Phone: (808) 822-1645
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- Guitars
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- Violins
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( from listing's site ) - Michael Sussman, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts Master Folk Artist Tradition Bearer, has been building and restoring stringed instruments on the island of Kauai, Hawaii for 40 years. Honoring tradition these ukulele', guitars and violins are built for today. These seductive custom made Hawaiian Koa instruments possess piercing highs, a big warm midrange and a growl in the bass. With unending sustain, the sound of the Hawaiian Koa can only be described as primal as the rain forest they are born of.
"I've never heard so much sound come out of an instrument." -- Lou Reed
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AndyPowersInstrumentCompany
The original Andy Powers Instruments workshop is closed. Andy has continued pursuing the creation of fine new instruments at a new shop at the Taylor Guitars facility. You may want to visit taylorguitars.com to check out what he's up to now.
eMail: andy@andypowersinstruments.com
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( from listing's site ) - Andy Powers grew up in a music-loving family in Oceanside, California. At the age of five Andy, the son of a carpenter and his artist wife, had his first workbench and shortly thereafter began playing piano. Andy took up playing the guitar when he was eight. In a house where musical instruments, tools and wood were all readily available, curiosity got the better of him and he began his first attempts at building guitars before the age of ten.
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All-Koa Tenor Ukulele and GS with Solid Lining
Andy Powers designed ukulele. Click for larger view
With design and sound refinement the instruments began to improve tremendously, and Andy began selling the instruments to customers while he was still a teenager. Having been encouraged by his parents to pursue the arts, he began to explore the world of traditional inlayed art, using his instruments as a canvas.
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Applause Ukuleles
Made by Ovation Guitars (Kaman Music)
KMC Music Inc.,
55 Griffin Road South
Bloomfield, CT 06002-0507
Tel: (860) 509-8888
Links
- www.kamanmusic.com
- www.ovationguitars.com
- Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Applause
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The story of Ovation guitars-and the ground-breaking technology behind them-begins with Charles H. Kaman, an aeronautical engineer known for his pioneering work in helicopter and aerospace design.
Tenor Acoustic/Electric Ukelele
with Epaulet Soundhole, UAE148-4, 5-, M
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In 1945, Charles Kaman founded Kaman Aircraft, and in 1947 his company developed a radical helicopter that used inter-meshing rotors and Kaman's patented servo-flap control. In 1951, Kaman built the world's first gas turbine helicopter-an innovative aircraft now at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.
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- www.ariaguitars.com
- www.ariausa.com
- Tiki King's Ukulele: Brand name database: Aria
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Aria now has the D'Aquisto name and is making a series of guitar based on the same original D'Aquisto models. Here is the D'Aquisto DQ-JZ model after Jim Halls Jimmy D'Aquisto built guitar. [ link: www.ariausa.com/daquisto/index.html ]
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Ayers Guitar
Ayers Music Co. Ltd.
13F-1, No.139, Kien Kwo N.Rd., Sec. 2
Taipei, Taiwan 104
Tel: 886-2-2505-8856
Fax:886-2-2501-3934
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(from their site) Cheng Fa Huang is the founder of Ayers Guitar. In the early 1970s, Taiwan was invaded by the US pop culture. Country, Rock n Roll, & Folk music became the most popular music in Taiwan. Cheng Fa, as a teenager, was interested and attracted to the sound of guitar. With a very determined and focused mind, Cheng Fa decided to enter the guitar industry.
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Ukulele- Reading Music Series - Primer
Reading music is not as hard as one might think. It may be new and unfamiliar but is not hard when you have a proper plan of attack.
Reading music on the ukulele is easier than reading music on guitar or piano. There are only four strings with a smaller range of possible notes.
Music in the key of C with all natural notes, no flats or sharps is pretty easy to play in open position on a ukulele. This would be the same as playing the white keys of a piano.
Standard music notation has been the Lingua Franco of musicians, both professionals and hobbyists for many centuries.
Reading standard music notation opens you up to vast world of published music.
Reading simple melodies in open position is the first step to reading music on the uke.
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