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Chris Walke

 

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St Charles, IL
Post  Posted 31 Mar 2000 8:01 am    
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Never saw one like this. Anyone know anything about it?
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=297355379
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Brad Bechtel


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Post  Posted 31 Mar 2000 1:02 pm    
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It's an Oahu Iolana - the script "I" is frequently mistaken for a "J". According to The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians, edited by Lorene Ruymar, the word "Iolana" is Hawaiian for "to soar" or "hawk".
This one looks to be made by Valco sometime in the 1950's and should have a very nice sound.

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[This message was edited by Brad Bechtel on 31 March 2000 at 01:12 PM.]
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Chris Walke

 

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St Charles, IL
Post  Posted 3 Apr 2000 4:37 am    
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Thanks Brad!!
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