In remembrance · The ʻUkulele Archive
K.C. Young Ukulele
Source identifies Young as a boutique Hawaii builder who made instruments for Israel Kamakawiwoʻole and Kahauanu Lake.
What endures
The retained record keeps K. C. Young connected to Location not yet resolved, 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
Historical 1970s 1990s
Source identifies Young as a boutique Hawaii builder who made instruments for Israel Kamakawiwoʻole and Kahauanu Lake.
Evidence, not decoration
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