Colonel Uke
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My wife teaches elementary music and has been teaching ukuleles with her kids for the last 6 months. She initially bought 20 Makala Dolphins which have worked out great. They came directly from the distributor with Aquila strings installed and I did just a basic setup on them all. However, last month she ordered another 12 from the same distributor, but none of these had Aquila strings. Instead they had some pretty terrible black strings which I will be replacing shortly. Does anyone know if Kala has moved away from Aquilas for the Dolphins, or if maybe this latest shipment was an old stock supply from before they started shipping with Aquilas a few years ago? (I know she would prefer to order from one of the great uke dealers we all know that includes uke setups, but purchasing through a school system is a nightmare of red tape, and sometimes you're stuck with whatever supplier is on the purchasing list.)