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What year was the ukulele?

Updated: 8/19/2022
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The Ukulele was believed to have been first made in 1880 in Hawaii. A group of Portuguese immigrants landed there in 1879 and had a Portuguese instrument called the machete with them. Several of the wood workers developed the Ukulele using local materials.

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