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Ianui
Lokahi

USA
298 Posts
Posted - 01/08/2006 :  06:12:55 AM  Show Profile  Visit Ianui's Homepage
Uncle Claude Kouchi has been creating Hawaiian Musical instruments for years, including first ever stand up Bass, all out of Koa.

Can you imaging a stand up Bass all out of Koa.

Today he has announced that he will open an 11,000 sq ft facility in Wilmington Ca. to manufacture his beautiful musical creations.

He makes a variety of products out of Koa so check out www.Kouchicreations.com

Reid
Ha`aha`a

Andorra
1526 Posts
Posted - 01/08/2006 :  09:06:04 AM  Show Profile
Thanks Don.

Sarah and I met Uncle Claude on Maui a few years ago and Sarah recorded a slack key kid's song for his grandkids. A while later, he sent Sarah a lovely koa hand mirror with a picture of a toad inlaid on the back, in remembrance of her singing (and playing) the "Toad Song". There is a similar mirror (the one with the assymetric handle) on one of his web pages. Lovely work, great guy (and a heckuva engineer, too).

...Reid
Edited by - Reid on 01/08/2006 09:12:38 AM
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Ianui
Lokahi

USA
298 Posts
Posted - 01/08/2006 :  09:19:25 AM  Show Profile  Visit Ianui's Homepage
A look at the site will display probably 50 different items he makes by hand.

He also has beautiful 1959 Porsche 356-A listed for sale which he has tricked out with all kinds of goodies.
Edited by - Ianui on 01/08/2006 09:21:23 AM
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chunky monkey
Ha`aha`a

USA
1022 Posts
Posted - 01/09/2006 :  05:56:30 AM  Show Profile
Claude has also made stand-up bases for John Koko of Makaha Sons. I think Claude told me that he had made them 4 or 6 for John and John really likes his work.
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slkho
`Olu`olu

740 Posts
Posted - 01/09/2006 :  08:15:09 AM  Show Profile
WOW!! awesome stuff.
~slkho
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javeiro
Lokahi

USA
459 Posts
Posted - 01/12/2006 :  3:13:07 PM  Show Profile
Really nice instruments. Thanks for posting the link.
Aloha,
John A.
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