steel guitar

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It wasn’t until he was 14, hearing his older brother play Hawaiian music on his steel guitar at home, that Akaka’s interest in the gliding style was piqued.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

When Malie Lyman first started studying with Akaka at age 8, he considered her to be the youngest Hawaiian steel guitar player in the world.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Nearly all the legends trace the invention of the Hawaiian steel guitar back to Joseph Kekuku in the 1880s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

By the 1940s, people were packing into Shanghai clubs to hear the Hawaiian steel guitar.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2024

Line is twanging like the high string on a steel guitar as the fish rises up to the surface, pulling the skiff behind it.

From "The Young Man and the Sea" by Rodman Philbrick