Daily Ukulele: An instrument fit for Isambard Kingdom Brunel

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By which I mean that a steampunk ukulele (listed as a bass by, of course, celentanowoodworks, though it seems it can be built as a uke) is made beautiful, per Kate Beaton, by all its useless gears and cogs.

Enough with needlessly complicated run-on sentences -- to the pictures!



( Oooooooh. )

Another world record attempt, if you're in the Chicago area!

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Hey all! I don't know how many of you are in the Chicago area, but the first ever Festival of Aloha is holding an attempt at breaking Sweden's world record for most ukulele players performing a continuous piece for five minutes in one place this Saturday in Lincoln Square (just off the Western Brown Line stop).

On a side note, the Old Town School of Folk Music is having a sale on Mahalo ukuleles (the really colorful ones) -- only $25 each!