Ukulele
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The ukulele, also called a uke, is a member of the lute family of instruments. The ukulele is of Portuguese origin and was popularized in Hawaii. The tone and volume of the instrument vary with size a
Martin 3K Ukulele
1916 cartoon by Louis M. Glackens satirizing the contemporary ukulele craze.
Boy in Hawaii with a Maccaferri 'Islander' plastic ukulele, 1959
A red ukulele
Banjo ukulele
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The banjo ukulele, also known as the banjolele or banjo uke, is a four-stringed musical instrument with a small banjo-type body and a fretted ukulele neck. The earliest known banjoleles were built by
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…a second home for Hawaiian musicians and ukulele virtuosos. British singer and comedian George Formby was a ukulele player, though he often played a banjolele, a hybrid instrument consisting of an extended ukulele neck with a banjo resonator body. Demand surged in the new century because of its relative…
Banjo Ukulele
British musician George Formby with his trademark banjo ukulele, entertaining British troops in France, 1940
“Just received a big new shipment of banjo-ukuleles and ukuleles ranging in prices from $5 to $30 cases and bags. $1.00 to $3.50 all other string instruments in stock.” “J. Edgar Robinson” - From a 1919 ad in Washington Times
Banjo ukulele