In remembrance · The ʻUkulele Archive
HAWI Ukulele
A profile of Hawi Gallery identifies Bill Ford of Honokaa as builder of its first custom HAWI-branded koa tenor ukulele; present production status is unknown.
What endures
The retained record keeps Bill Ford connected to Honokaa, the instruments, and the community memory surrounding this work.
This tribute is built from the surviving public record. Missing dates and workshop details remain open questions rather than reconstructed biography.
Chronology
A life in the record
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A profile of Hawi Gallery identifies Bill Ford of Honokaa as builder of its first custom HAWI-branded koa tenor ukulele; present production status is unknown.
Evidence, not decoration
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