In remembrance · The ʻUkulele Archive
Kaneala Makini
Source identifies Makini among Hawaiian luthiers supplying the Summers brothers.
What endures
The retained record keeps Kaneala Makini connected to Kakaako, 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 1920s 1930s
Source identifies Makini among Hawaiian luthiers supplying the Summers brothers.
Evidence, not decoration
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