Ukuleles by Kawika, Inc.
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Ukuleles
Basic Ukulele Setup & Care
Attaching Strings to Tuning Pegs and Bridge
Tunings for the 4-String Tenor
About Koa Wood
Collecting Ukuleles & Memorabilla
Hawaiian Ukulele Characteristics Database
Old Hawaiian Ukulele Pics
Vintage Ukulele Instruction Manuals
Strings
Sounds
Ukulele Chords, Strums & Assorted Music
Music from Kawika’s Ukuleles
Guest Artists Play our Ukuleles
Kawika Ukulele Photos
Kawika’s Shop Tips
Soundhole & Trim Routing Jig
Edge Gluing Tops, Backs & Sides
Making & Installing the Ukulele Bridge Doctor
Aligning & Gluing Bridges
Bridge Gluing Calculations
Bridges and Bridge Plate Sizes
Measuring String Compensation – Varying Scale Lengths
String Diameter Variability and Frequency Response
Useful Things for the Building Process
Joining the Neck to the Body
Left-Brain Lutherie Book
Applying Technology to Building
Measuring Top Compliances
Assemble the Compliance Jig
Making Compliance Measurements
The Compliance Mapping Process
J L Analyser Finite Element Analyser
J L Analyser – Free Plate Vibration
J L Analyser FEA – Fixed Disk Vibration
J L Analyser – Simply Supported Plate Deformation
Journal of Guitar Acoustics
Brace Stiffness Calculations – Part I
Brace Stiffness Calculations – Part II
Calculating Neck Stiffness’s
Excel Spreadsheets for Lutherie Calculations
Calculating Arcs
Humidity Effects on Top/Back Mechanical Stability
Understanding & Controlling Instrument Resonances
Measuring Basic Wood Properties
Static Measurement of Ex
Dynamic Measurement of Ex, Ey and Exy
Working with Basic Instrument Resonances
Fishing
Bottom Fishing
Fishing Weather
Jigging
Bathymetry Charts – Making your own…
My Boat
Tips & Tricks – Making Double Wire Leaders
My FAD GPS Data
Saddle Road Birding – Introduction
Useful Links for Hawaii Island Birding
Some Saddle Road Birding & Hiking Trails
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge / Maulua
Kaumana Trail
“Kipuka 21”
Power Line Road Trail
Pu’u O’o Trail
Tree Planting Road
Songs, Calls and Natural History Links
‘Apapane – Himatione sanguinea sanguinea
Hawaii Amakihi – Hemignathus virens
Hawaii Elepaio – Chasiempis sandwichensis sandwichensis
I’iwi – Vestiaria coccinea coccinea
Oma’o or Hawaiian Thrush – Myadestes obscurus
Recording Bird Songs
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