Ukulele Mana

Folks please have a look at this post and incredible uke from my buddy Peter of . Peter was tremendously impacted by Hurricane Helene so this auction is particularly important to him and his business.
This is the gorgeous #100 ukulele from luthier, Peter Marreiros. It’s as great a tenor as we’ve experienced and the woods and inlays make it a true work of art.

Just a week ago Peter’s property and workshop in North Carolina were flooded and mostly destroyed by this horrific hurricane. He has a long road to recovery and our prayers go out to him and everyone suffering losses from this tragedy. Mahalo for your support to one of our communities most gifted luthiers.

Around this time last year Peter contacted us to fully donate a super decked out custom to our auction for victims of the Maui wildfires. Now he finds himself in the middle of a disaster zone struggling to get back to proper living and working conditions. The original price for this amazing and special #100 Cornerstone ukulele was going to be $13,900. We are doing this as an auction in hopes that it gets more than that because all the proceeds are going to Peter who needs our support at this time.

This tenor features an asymmetric double top with sinker cedar and sinker redwood. One of the most stunning cuts from “The Tree” quilted mahogany is used on the back and sides. This is a coveted and rare wood from an amazing tree.

“The Tree” is a famous mahogany tree cut in the Honduras’ Chicibul Jungle in 1965. It was huge with a magnificent spiraling bark and loggers knew it would be amazing and, though it was in a crazy part of the jungle, they went for it. But they couldn’t get it out. It fell down a ravine. Other people came and tried and no one could get it out for 18 years. As you know, it did have amazing figure but it also has more density and properties of rosewood in it’s tone as well. Because of this, and it’s scarcity, it became the most sought after wood for custom guitars for years. Not much of this wood is still around but this amazing set was donated by Jay Howlett for the people of Maui and Peter certainly used it well.

Happy 145th anniversary to the arrival of the Ravenscrag which would lead to an instrument that has had so much impact! The ‘ukulele has brought so much joy to my life not just in its sound and feel, but also its heritage, history, community, and the hanai ohana I have made.
Hawaiian Music Archives and ‘Ukulele Museum Initiative - Honoka’upu, birthplace of the ‘ukulele

Today we celebrate the 145th Anniversary of the arrival of the Ravenscrag to Honolulu Harbor in 1879, which brought 423 passengers to the shores of Hawaii as plantation laborers. In the late 1800s and shortly after fulfilling their contracts, Augusto Dias, Manuel Nunes, and Jose do Espírito Santo all opened shops in the Honoka’upu area, which is now the Chinatown/Downtown area of Honolulu. They repaired stringed instruments for the community, sold accessories, and began a business selling handcrafted “Guitars of All Sizes”.

This map, courtesy of Hawaiʻi State Archives, depicts the birthplace of the ‘ukulele.

Congrats on winning Instrumental Composition of the Year for ‘Heartbeat Melody’ last night at the !

Also awesome to see you playing with and Billy Gibbons of

Congrats to on song, single, and video of the year at the with ‘Sands of Old Lahaina’

Beautiful song my friend!

Congrats to Kala'e Camarillo. ‘Sands of Old Lahaina’ is such a beautiful song my friend!

Congrats Brittni Paiva!

First coat of sealer is on my upcoming tenitone. You can’t see it under the fretboard tape, but this beauty is named “Lono”.

Congrats to my guys and on the release of their ‘Generations’ album! Be sure to hit Andrew’s website (link in his profile) to buy a flash drive copy or download it soon!
“Generations” is officially released!
You can find it on Apple Music in a few days and is available now via flash drive on my website(link in bio)

The collection that Shawn has been putting together for years is nothing short of amazing! The history and education from these instruments will be available to people long beyond our existence. Mahalo Braddah Shawn!
A quartet of 1920s Leonardo Nunes guitars and ‘ukuleles. From left to right. Guitar (oversized), Radio Tenor (concert scale), Radio Soprano (soprano scale), Guitar (small-bodied).

More amazing progress
Hawaiian Music Archives and ‘Ukulele Museum Initiative - Partnership Update

Late afternoon meeting with President of the Education, Cultural and Social Studies and Development Center of Calheta - -Madeira Embassy for promoting the Culture of Madeira Island around the World Eugénio Perregil, President of the Ukulele Foundation of Hawaii Sal Miwa, Director of the Hawaii State Archives Dr. Adam Jansen, and UHM Emeritus Professor Paul Chandler.

A wonderful cross-cultural collaboration is on the horizon that will benefit our keiki, the Madeiran & Azorian people, and the broader community in Hawaii. Stay tuned for updates on several initiatives that celebrate this year’s milestone of 145 years since the arrival of the Ravenscrag to Honolulu Harbor in 1879.

This 1893 Piano Project tenor is amazing and is available!
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Doesn’t get much better than this! Check the koa on this tenitone!
Love the way the orange pairs with this koa.

What an amazing week with this group of hoa! Talking story, eating amazing food, drinking tasty wine and, of course, playing a little ‘ukulele.

A hui ho ko’u mau hoa!

Killer example of a vintage Kamaka pineapple currently over
Kamaka 1930’s Pineapple w/ Rope Binding & Original Decals & Label. No. 10427 in Hawaiian Koa. Maika’i

Stellar new uke from my man over in South Korea!
Chisel’s New Ukulele

Chisel Ukulele #118

Top : Italian moon spruce
Side & Back : Brazilian rosewood
FB & Bridge : Ebony
Nut & Saddle : Bone
Scale : 16” concert

Side sound port, Zero freted, Koa binding,
Custom inlay on FB (Amore),
Spruce + Rosewood + Spruce 3Pcs Bracing

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If you interesting my ukulele and making custom, please feel free to contact me at anytime by DM or email!

Email : [email protected]

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This warms the heart! Great work by

Nothing like giving out dozens of ukulele to residents from Lahaina to make your heart sing!

So so happy to see this! The Banyan Tree represents the resiliency and strength of the people and land of Lahaina and Maui overall.

Lahaina Treescape Restoration Project update: New sprouts atop banyan tree | Maui Now Volunteer arborists and landscapers have banded together as the Lahaina Treescape Restoration Project. The title was coined by arborist Steve Nimz who initiated care and watering for the historic Banyan tree, which is showing signs of recovery with new sprouts high in the canopy.

New album alert! ‘VEJR’ by is now available!

And here we are - my debut album ‘Vejr’ is now available to stream and be a part of your day, whether it’s moody weather, studying or just appreciating the sound 😇

11 moody weather tracks fill the album with ukulele and other instrumentation, but if you just want to focus and listen to the ukulele then you also have all 11 tracks as solo ukulele too - listen to it however you want!

A massive shout out to team 4stringboy:

for handling all the stuff I can’t and won’t do

for mastering the album and turning my mixes into beautiful shiny sounds, he’s the best

for literally being the brains behind the entire campaign - this lady has done everything for this album, and literally does everything for me - any hint of success I have is because I have this force of nature behind me.

I really hope you enjoy the album - and I hope it finds its way to being your own personal soundtrack.

Massive thanks to you all for your love and support, I’m overwhelmed and very happy 😇

Big love # # # # #

Definitely an online workshop to checkout! and …can’t go wrong with these two legends.

ʻUkulele Lab presents a workshop by Bryan Tolentino and Herb Ohta Jr. Both Bryan and Herb have been instructing at several music camps and workshops through the years and have 2 award winning recordings together. Many have requested for both of them to give workshops together. So by request, they will be teaching "In A Little Hula Heaven". Herb will start off teaching his style of playing the song melody. Then Bryan follows with "fairy dusting" teaching chord substitutions. rhythms, and musical awareness.

Join us for a learning experience you won't forget. Oh yeah… and some laughter as well.

For those that cannot make it on October 20th, you can still purchase a video copy of the entire workshop for the same price.

https://www.herbohtajr.com/events.php

Today is the day! Do not miss out on this incredible event to support those affected by the fires on Maui! This is also your chance to bid on some amazing ukuleles to help as well!

https://www.youtube.com/craigandsarah/live
Sept 16th 9am Hawaii Time (Noon Pacific)

We are less than a week away from our FREE Benefit Concert (for the )! Thank you to EVERYONE who reached out and wanted to help. It looks like we are going to wrap up around 2pm Hawaii time (so about 5 hours). We will have a live performance schedule very soon as well as a lot more information of the incredible items that will be featured in the auction as well. Learn more at CraigandSarah.com/maui

Sorry for some of the delay on things, I ended up fighting a nasty sinus infection last week and I am finally starting to feel a bit better. If anyone has sent us an email and has not received a response yet, please send it again and I'll make sure I get to it today and tomorrow.

, and I can't wait to kick off this incredible benefit concert with you all. We'll have a lot of thank you's but I'll start off with and for helping us gear up for this massive livestream. Special mahalo to for housing our off island artists and always supporting our events.





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Only 5 more days! Mark your calendars or pre-order the new album from now!

I couldn’t be more . My new album is coming September 8th that features 22 amazing artists who I am proud to call my friends. You can pre-order the album at the link in my bio, and listen to two new songs available now. I truly can’t wait to share this with you. Mahalo.

RIP

Check out the new line of ukulele called ‘Oli! This prototype is up for auction through to help those affected by the fires on Maui. Details on the new line and the auction are below.

This tenor has beautiful solid curly mango wood accented with ebony for the binding, arm bevel, radius fretboard, bridge, and faceplate adorned with a wood inlay of the tropical fruit tree this wood came from. The side markers are mango bras that double as fretboard markers, and the angled side sound port is also bound in mango.

This features lattice bracing and a graduated top giving a big bold sound you will love!

After working for Ko’olau Guitar & Ukulele for 9 years, I started Hawai’i Music Supply and The Ukulele Site. For the last 19 years we’ve had amazing musicians, technicians, and luthiers here experiencing and working on the best ukes in the world. We’ve also gotten feedback from the ukulele community every step of the way. This new line is the fusion of everything we think you will love. We’re confident that the feel, looks, and especially the sound will exceed your expectations.

Along with master luthier Ryan Condon and a talented team on the island of Jakarta who have been building guitars for over 40 years, together we bring you this new professional quality ukulele line at an awesome value.

In Hawaiian ‘Oli means joy and happiness, that’s exactly what we try to give and what we think ‘Oli Ukulele will bring to you!

Includes our black Oahu Hardshell Case.

This is an auction and the details are on our website.

Combine and Muradian Pyrographed Guitars and you get a masterpiece like this! A Pepe made Tiny Tenor with a photo of Gavin Beschen surfing Pipeline burned in by Muradian!

Mahalo to for donating a signed custom .guitars.ukuleles uke to help those on Maui who have been affected by the fires!

Eddie is contributing a signed one-of-a-kind Pono ukulele in support of the Maui wildfire relief efforts through the Maui Mana: Wildfire Relief Benefit. Bid at the link in bio to support this cause.