In remembrance · The ʻUkulele Archive
Ka-Lae
Later Lai venture using monkeypod and one-piece back-and-side construction.
What endures
The retained record keeps John Ying Git Lai connected to Honolulu, 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 1943 1953
Later Lai venture using monkeypod and one-piece back-and-side construction.
Evidence, not decoration
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Every source is shown so family knowledge, instrument evidence, and later research can strengthen—or correct—this page.
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