born and raised on Maui, is an internationally acclaimed musician, scholar, and teacher. He is pictured here playing a Taylor guitar with koa top, back, and sides.
Ethan Romanchak and Jonathan Keyser started Native Nursery with a commitment to growing plants native to Maui for the purposes of statewide reforestation and landscaping. Haleakala Ranch, one of Paniolo’s key collaborators, has been working with Native Nursery to...
In 1984, Jean Ariyoshi, the wife of then Governor George Ariyoshi, wanted to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Hawaiian statehood by having 25,000 trees planted in Hawaii. A year after this successful campaign, she decided to launch One Million Trees of Aloha, to...
Steve McMinn presented on the subject of using young koa for guitars at the “Acacia Koa in Hawaii: Facing the Future” 2016 Symposium at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Download (PDF 1.2MB): Using Young Koa for Guitars USING YOUNG KOA FOR GUITARS Paniolo Tonewoods...
Paniolo Tonewoods has been working with Haleakala Ranch and Native Nursery on Maui to selectively harvest and to propogate koa. Here, Bob Taylor of Taylor Guitars, Scott Meidell of Haleakala Ranch, and Steve McMinn of Pacific Rim Tonewoods, discuss this exciting...
