Always a joy to look at Kiwaya ukes. This is a new one in their 'student series'
https://www.gotaukulele.com/2021/07/kiwaya-ktu-1-tenor-ukulele-review.html
https://www.gotaukulele.com/2021/07/kiwaya-ktu-1-tenor-ukulele-review.html
Too bad Kiwaya doesn't have a big USA distributor. I sometimes see individual US stores importing small batches of a few models, but their retail prices are 50% higher than in Japan.
Barry, I always enjoy your reviews. I learn something with each review I read.
Could I ask what that cute jazzy little tune is that you play to demonstrate each uke? Such a happy song!
kathy
See link below the video!
Thank you! I always watch the videos embedded in your blog posts or on Reddit. I'll have to start watching them on their YouTube pages instead so I can see the comments.
k.
Ah yes - sorry - they don't appear in the embed - need to go onto YouTube - long been a gripe of mine with YT
A bigger gripe these days IMO is that you frequently have to watch two commercials before your video starts and some of them are very long! Oh, well, I guess they have to make money somehow!
Thx again for the reviews and the tutorial on "Shimmy Like My Sister Kate".
k.
Whilst I have the channel set to monetise (I have to - I don't charge brands or shops for my reviews) - the video creator actually doesn't have control over that opening commercial. In fact even if I turn monetisation of you would STILL get the commercial - I just wouldn't take a share. Even I, who made the video, has to skip them if I want to review my OWN video... I think YT want people to pay for the Premium (whatever it's called) to remove all ads..
Blame YouTube, not me!
(p.s. I suppose their alternative would be to charge people to use their service to upload - which I couldn't justify and wouldn't do it.)
I didn't realize you could pay for YouTube access without commercials. I will look into it because I do find myself watching a lot of videos these days. Thanks for the tip!
k.
I finally subscribed to that. I think it is ~$10-12/ month. As many youtube videos as I watch i is well worth it. I forget about it until I watch one not logged in and have to watch commercials. Then I am glad I did sign up for that.I didn't realize you could pay for YouTube access without commercials. I will look into it because I do find myself watching a lot of videos these days. Thanks for the tip!
k.
Fernandez doesn’t list tenors online, and says he only sells concerts and sopranos. He does phone quotes for some models so you might try calling to see if he can get a tenor. But he doesn’t list any student/ made in china models and doubt he would ever order or sell any. These are available here and there online though.Try this source: http://www.fernandezmusic.com/Kiwaya_Ukuleles.html