hopkid
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I've just returned from Honolulu where I was on a business trip. I had the good fortune to get out of work early last Monday so I high-tailed it to the KoAloha factory to see where my concert model was made. I met Brian, who was finishing the set up for a tenor in which a pick-up had been added. Although I was there well after the afternoon tour time, he eventually invited me to come to the back where the production area is and gave me an impromptu tour. Workers were busy making the fretboards and performing final sanding before the coating process. I also got to meet Pops and Trish, with whom I had nice convesations about family, trips to Japan, and, of course, ukuleles. The atmosphere there is very mellow and friendly.
Footnote: I also was reacquainted with the woman who gave me and my family a free beginner lesson over 3 years ago at the Ukulele House in Waikiki. It only took three years before I finally motivated myself to learn! She was there to pick up the tenor I had mentioned. That was a nice coincidence!
Footnote: I also was reacquainted with the woman who gave me and my family a free beginner lesson over 3 years ago at the Ukulele House in Waikiki. It only took three years before I finally motivated myself to learn! She was there to pick up the tenor I had mentioned. That was a nice coincidence!