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Royal Hawaiian Music
John King plays Royal Hawaiian Music, featuring compositions of King Kalakaua, Queen Liliuokalani, Prince Leleiohoku and others. Solo ukulele.

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John King Plays Bach
John King plays Bach, featuring pieces from the ‘Cello Suites, the entire Partita No. 3, BWV 1006, Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring and more. Solo ukulele.

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Jumpin’ Jim’s Ukulele Masters: John King
John King pays homage to The Classical Ukulele with a collection of 19 ingeniously arranged pieces. Features “Jesu, Joy Of Man’s Desiring,” “Für Elise,” “Greensleeves” and 16 others. Standard notation and tablature. CD included.

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Famous Solos and Duets
Anthology of 22 instrumentals originally published between 1909 and 1920. Famous Solos and Duets features pieces by Ernest Kaai, Henry Kailimai, and many others. Edited by John King. Standard notation and tablature. CD included.

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Selected U. S. Trademarks and Patents
A companion volume to The Hawaiian Ukulele and Guitar Makers this book contains a definitive selection of trademarks and patents drawn from the Official Gazette of the U.S. Patent Office from 1888 to 2002. Includes over 300 ukulele related trademarks reproduced in facsimile as published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Each entry consists of the trademark and information such as the registrants’ name, city, date of registration and date of first use, and goods for which the trademark was used. Also includes the full text and drawings of 54 design and utility patents, and drawings of 8 others, reproduced in facsimile. Introduction by John King, spiral bound, heavyweight acid-free paper, 381 illustrations in B&W, 260 pp.

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The Hawaiian Ukulele & Guitar Makers, 1884-1930
The only dictionary of Hawaiian luthiers ever published, The Hawaiian Ukulele and Guitar Makers 1884 to 1930 contains all of the ukulele and guitar makers listed in the index of the Honolulu City Directory from the very first entry in 1884 until 1930. The fifty page Introduction follows the history of the ukulele from the European Renaissance to its Hawaiian heyday of the 1910s and 20s, including a detailed overview of the machête, Portuguese antecedent of the ukulele. Carefully researched, The Hawaiian Ukulele and Guitar Makers 1884 to 1930 draws on journals, letters and other eyewitness accounts of 19th century visitors to Madeira and the Hawaiian Islands as well as rare Portuguese language newspapers published in Hawaii ca. 1885 to 1930. Second Edition. Introduction by John King, spiral bound, heavyweight acid-free paper, 23 pages of illustrations, 140 pp. ISBN 0-9729385-2-4

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The Ukulele: A Hawaiian Guitar And How To Play It
Originally published in 1906, Ernest Kaai’s primer is an important document in the history of the ukulele. Out of print for 90 years, and a scarce collector’s item, this affordable facsimile of the 1910 Revised Edition is printed on acid free paper. 44 pp.

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Universal Ukulele Instructor
Published in San Jose in 1915, Mae Muntz’s Universal Ukulele Instructor contains written instructions and musical notation for playing 17 different strums in the style of the Hawaiian players at the PPIE. A rare and important tutor. Acid free paper. 30 pp.

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