Steel Guitar Exhibit and Sales
The steel guitar exhibit was located in the Keauhou Ballroom foyer and managed by Geri Valdriz and Chris Stewart. The exhibit included vintage RIckenbacher lap steel guitars as well as custom-crafted lap steel guitars made by Hawai‘i Island luthiers Chris Stewart, Konabob Stoffer, and Woodley White.
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Geri Valdriz and festival guests at the steel guitar exhibit.
Steel guitars on display: L-1956 Bronson Singing Electric. R-1935 Rickenbacher A-22 frypan.
Steel guitars on display: A custom lap steel guitar made by Hawaiian luthier Woodley White from Naʻalehu, Hawaiʻi.
Steel guitars on display: A Supro student lap steel from the 1950s.
Steel guitar accessories - many varieties of bars and slides. Also shown is a Circle of Fifths device.
Steel guitars on display: A custom lap steel guitar made by Hawaiian luthier Robert ''Konabob'' Stoffer.
Steel guitars on display: A 1938 Dickerson Student Model.
Steel guitars on display: A custom lap steel guitar made by Hawaiian luthier Chris Stewart from Kona.
Festival store with Linda Mentzer and Daniel Tremblay. Available for sale were t-shirts, steel guitar strings, bars, and Hawaiian music CDs including some from festival artists.
