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Kamaka Hawaii, Incorporated, also known as Kamaka Ukulele or just Kamaka is a family-owned Hawaii-based maker of ukuleles. It is often credited with producing some of the world's finest ukuleles, and created the first pineapple ukulele. The company manufactures 9 types of ukulele. Inside the Kamaka factory in Honolulu
His ukuleles were made of Koa wood, brought over from the Big Island of Hawaii. In 1915, Kumalae got a big break in his ukulele manufacturing and sales. He applied for, and won, a bid to display his ukuleles at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition of 1915, where his ukulele design won a Gold Award. [3]
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More expensive ukuleles are made of solid hardwoods such as mahogany. The traditionally preferred wood for ukuleles is a type of acacia endemic to Hawaii, called koa. Typically, ukuleles have a figure-eight body shape similar to that of a small acoustic guitar.
Acacia koa, commonly known as koa, [3] is a species of flowering tree in the family Fabaceae. It is endemic to the Hawaiian Islands , [ 2 ] where it is the second most common tree. [ 4 ] The highest populations are on Hawaiʻi , Maui and Oʻahu .
Eddie Leilani Kamae was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised both there and in Lahaina, Maui.His grandmother was a dancer for King David Kalākaua's court. [2]He learned to play the 'ukulele [3] with an instrument his bus driver brother found on the public transport.