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Kind thanks for their active contribution to : | | |
Cyril LeFebvre,main contributor of this site, for his advices, his article about us and the great and numerous pictures he sent us.
Notably co-founder of the Ukulele-Club de France and author of the famous La Méthode d'Ukulélé
and Ukulélé la Méthode & le Dico.
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Michael Simmons,for his generosity allowing us to publish his great writing about Maccaferri's ukuleles,
and for having provided rare Maccaferri catalog images.
Editor of the now-collectible Ukulele Occasional, and editor-in-chief of the Fretboard Journal
Special thanks to Jason Verlinde too, formerly publisher of The Ukulele Occasional,
and publisher of the Fretboard Journal.
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David Remiger AKA Ukester Brown,for the spontaneous help he gave us to make this site well-known
Don't miss his ukulele pages nor his huge YouTube channel
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Corinne Baret-Idatte,from the french newspaper L'Est Républicain, for her writing of an article full of praise for us !
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Ju,for the nice post she made about us
Visit the Ukulélé Club de Montréal !
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All my friends from Ukulele.fr - le forum for their help and support.
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Special thanks for the nice images they spontaneously sent us, to : |
François Demont, from Ukulele.fr - le forum, webmaster of Harmony Database
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Bao, from the Ukulélé Club de Montréal.
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Djoz, from Ukulele.fr - le forum.
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Gyamso, from Ukulele.fr - le forum, webmaster of Ukepics.com
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Krabbers, check his great YouTube channel!.
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Luke-O, from Ukulele.fr - le forum, author of a great MySpace page
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Nacrociochi, author of the plastic blog Fetish Ukulele
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Orianemael, from Ukulele.fr - le forum.
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Toru Ogiyanagi, of the Rocket Sisters!
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Ukisociety, pionneer of the plastic uke! His YouTube channel here..
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Ukukuku, from the Unofficial Martin Guitar Forum.
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Ukulelezaza, whom YouTube channel is full of marvels.
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Uncle, from Ukulele.fr - le forum.
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Victrola Lagüe, whom MySpace page should be visited with no delay.
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And for having allowed us to use their pictures, to : |
Carl from Catfish' Closet, Jeremy Chow from Ukenique.co.uk, Aloÿse de La Ronde, Steve Jeter/sjeter61, Joe Hilton from BeatleBay.com and B.J. Morgan of Museum of Making Music.
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Beloff J., The Ukulele - A Visual History, Backbeat Books, 2nd ed., 2003 (1997), 130p.
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Charle F., The Story of Selmer Maccaferri Guitars, François Charle Ed., Paris, 2nd ed. (1999), 256p.
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Evans S. et Middlebrook R., Cowboy Guitars, Centerstream Publications, 2002, 234p.
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Simmons M., Clothespins, Castanets and Nine Million Ukuleles in The Ukulele Occasional, Sum. 2002, 10p.
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Wright M., Guitar Stories, Vol. 2, Vintage Guitar Books, 2000, 272p.
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Articles about Mario Maccaferri | | |
Mario Maccaferri (1900-1993) - By Paul Hostetter
About Mario Maccaferri's life and career.
http://www.lutherie.net/mario_en.html |
History of French American Reeds
History of Maccaferri's industries. On the Maccaferri family company website.
http://www.frenchamericanreeds.com/history.htm |
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Articles about Mario Maccaferri's plastic ukuleles | | |
On plastic - A popular-priced, high quality professional instrument - By John King
About Mario Maccaferri's production of plastic ukuleles.
http://www.chordmaster.org/embed/jk-01.html |
Maccaferri and his Islanders - By Ukester Brown
Creation, evolution and technical data of the Islander ukulele.
http://www.ukesterbrown.com/maccaferri-and-his-islanders.html |
Maccaferri History - The guitars of Mario Maccaferri - By Michael Wright
Very detailed history of Maccaferri's guitars, with information on his ukuleles production.
http://www.vguitar.com/features/brands/details.asp?AID=1071 |
Islander Maccaferri - By Bertrand Saint-Guillain
French page of the Ukulélé Club de France. Dedicated to the Islander, with technical details.
http://www.ukulele.fr/dc/index.php/2006/05/30/312-islander-maccaferri |
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Pages dealing with plastic ukuleles | | |
Tiki King Big Ukulele List
The indispensable ukulele database, with 668 entries!
http://www.tikiking.com/uke_database.html |
Better living through plastics - Those way-cool and waterproof polymer ukuleles
Plenty of pictures on this page by Catfish1952
http://www.catfish1952.com/plastics.html |
Fetish Ukuleles - Ukulele di plastica e altro
Excellent plastic-oriented blog, by Francesco. Italian language.
http://fetishukulele.youkulele.com/ |
Plastique fantastique - By Bertrand Saint-Guillain and François Demont
TV Pal Baritone exploration, with nice pictures
http://www.ukulele.fr/dc/index.php/2006/10/19/351-plastique-fantastique |
Flamingo vs Islander, deux ukuleles plastiques historiques - By Bertrand Saint-Guillain
Subtle comparison between those two 50's best-sellers.
http://www.ukulele.fr/dc/index.php/2006/10/13/346-flamingo-vs-islander-deux-ukuleles-plastique-historiques |
Museum of Making Music - The Ukulele and You - (Exhibition)
Splendid exhibition, with a good historic section and lots of rare plastic ukes pics
http://www.museumofmakingmusic.org/ukulele/ |
Plastic ukulele
Short introduction to plastic ukuleles, on UkuleleHunt website.
http://ukulelehunt.com/buy-ukulele/unusual/plastic-ukulele/ |
Plastic banjo ukulele
Nice plastic banjoleles collection, with a lot of pics, on Banjo Ukulele Heaven website.
http://www.banjoukes.com/Plastic/Plastic.html |
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Pages dedicated to our own glory -- Check the page! -- | | |
Plastic Ukes Ultimate Website - By Cyril LeFebvre
The first article about us, on Ukulele Club de France website.
http://www.ukulele.fr/dc/index.php/2010/07/08/867-plastic-ukes-ultimate-website |
Chord Master ! - By Gary
Ukulelia blog page about chordmaster.org and plastic ukes.
http://ukulelian.blogspot.com/2010/07/chord-master.html |
Le ukulélé en plastique c'est fantastique ! - By Ju
Ukulele Club de Montréal blog page about chordmaster.org and plastic ukes.
http://ukuleleclubdemontreal.com/2010/07/12/le-ukulele-en-plastique-cest-fantastique |
Cinglé de ukulélé - By Corinne Baret-Idatte
L'Est Républicain newspaper article about Chordmaster.org and his webmaster.
http://www.chordmaster.org/embed/glory04.html |
ChordMaster.org en langue française dès aujourd'hui! - By Cyril LeFebvre
Article about our french version, on Ukulele Club de France website.
http://ukulele.fr/dc/index.php/2010/07/24/872-chord-master-le-site-en-francais |
Got Plastic ? - By Julie Strietelmeier
Announcement of the site, on Ukulele Review blog.
http://ukulelereview.com/2010/08/01/got-plastic/ |
Ukulele Contest! - By Cyril LeFebvre
Article about the launching of our 2011 uke contest.
http://www.ukulele.fr/dc/index.php/2011/01/27/934-ukulele-contest |
Chordmaster.org - By Toru Ogiyanagi
Article about our site, in japanese
http://air.ap.teacup.com/toru/1871.html |
Gagnez un ukulélé en plastique Carnival ! - By Ju
Article about the launching of our 2011 uke contest.
http://ukuleleclubdemontreal.com/2011/01/29/gagnez-un-ukulele-en-plastique-carnival/ |
Youpi Ukulélé - By Antoine Pétry
Press paper about the launching of our 2011 uke contest.
http://www.chordmaster.org/embed/glory10.html |
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