Tenor ukulele - where it all started...

A chance meeting in Texas in 1993 with Collier Thelen of Music Exchange Hilo changed the course of history for me. One day I was a guitar maker, the next a ukuele maker...

In three years I built close on 240 six and eight string tenor ukulele for Collier. If you are in Hawaii you may occassionally see one of these with their slotted headstocks and Schaller mandolin tuners. They will have either a gold or silver label bearing the legend - 'Island Koa Instruments' and later 'Island Koa Ukulele'.

Batch building to an exacting standard 8 ukulele a month taught me a great many lessons. Thank you for the unwaivering patronage, Collier, and my start in this great business.

Tenors start at £595 or $1190