For 87 years people in Hawaii and around the world have used them to make sweet music. In today's Lucky You Live Hawaii, we take a tour of the Kamaka Ukulele Factory. It's something a lot of Hawaii ...

Dec. 28—Kamaka was less than two months short of what would have been his 99th birthday when he died July 23. The life and legacy of Frederick Ku Kamaka Sr., late president of Kamaka Ukulele Inc., ...

Chris Kamaka leans back in his chair, strumming an old tenor ukulele, an instrument that his family business, Kamaka Hawaii, has been building for 100 years. He’s been challenged to play a sad song on ...

Honolulu-based instrument maker Kamaka Hawaii is wrapping up a year of celebrations commemorating its 100th anniversary of making Kamaka ‘Ukulele. Founded in 1916 by Samuel Kaialiilii Kamaka, Sr. as ...

A centennial is almost by definition a “once in a lifetime” for almost anyone, and a monumental event for that reason alone. The centennial of Kamaka Ukulele is monumental for at least two other ...

Legendary ukulele maker Fred Kamaka Sr. of Kamaka Hawaii died yesterday.

Fred Ku Kamaka Sr. will be remembered Saturday at St. Ann Church in Kaneohe.