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      I need to make some room and raise some money to increase my ukulele hardware inventory for my lutherie school. To that end I am going...
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      BuzzBD replied to the thread Luthier School.
      Sequoia is quite correct about the details, so let me clarify things a bit. Instead of handing an arriving student a pile of wood as a...
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      BuzzBD replied to the thread Luthier School.
      Mahalo everyone again for your input. Graham your insight is almost scarily reflective of my experience so far. My students so far have...
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      BuzzBD replied to the thread Luthier School.
      Thank you all for the comments. Yes ploverwing we are full time residents of Kauai. Mahalo nui loa Pete for your very kind comments. And...
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      BuzzBD replied to the thread Luthier School.
      I have mentioned my lutherie school in a couple of places on the forum, and am getting some questions, so I will post my thoughts here...
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      BuzzBD replied to the thread "Build a Ukulele".
      Mahalo ploverwing for providing the link. I don’t want to high jack the thread, so I will post my thoughts on where I want to go with...
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      BuzzBD replied to the thread "Build a Ukulele".
      In 1973 my wife and I bought a 30’ sloop in kit form. I built the interior of that boat and we lived aboard it for 3 years. When we sold...
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      BuzzBD replied to the thread "Build a Ukulele".
      I am enjoying watching this thread as I am in the process of adding more content to my lutherie school. Brad
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      Aloha Everyone, I certainly appreciate Milesaway’s kind comments and will add that I very much enjoyed our conversation yesterday. To...
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      I have noticed lately an increased interest in DIY instrument building. I am in the process of upgrading my website to offer a much...
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      BuzzBD replied to the thread Tone Wood Differences.
      I think that generalizations are just that, and when applied to individual instruments may well be bunk as far as the woods are...
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      BuzzBD replied to the thread Sound hole size on Uke.
      It will make a bigger difference than most of you think. I guess it will raise the body resonance by around a semitone. That is unlikely...
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      BuzzBD replied to the thread Collaborating - any pointers?.
      Pete, the only collaboration I participated in was the Fun Build some 14 years ago. The concept was a number of luthiers from around the...
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      Many times they will have song sheets available, or will project the songs on a screen. “He Mele Aloha” is a common song book on the...
    • BuzzBD
      The term kani kapila is of a relatively modern origin, I believe it came about in the 1940’s. The original form was the extended...
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