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Posted to the New York Times December 11, 2005 by By BRENDAN I. KOERNER

It's many moons back in 2012 since I first looked at a Firefly Banjo Ukulele from Magic Fluke musical instruments. And I really rather liked it too. I'm therefore thrilled to be looking at their latest re-vamped tenor version.

SHEFFIELD — If you've noticed there seems to be a lot more people playing ukuleles than there used to be, you can blame that on Dale and Phyllis Webb of Sheffield. Tracing the ukulele's resurgence in popularity after the happy little guitar's

The Magic Fluke Company in Massachusetts can help you channel your inner Jake Shimabukuru with hand-crafted ukuleles Dale and Phyllis Webb have made it a lot easier to be a gypsy. Dale, a formally trained engineer, and Phyllis, the sister of

Ukulele revival creates the Magic Fluke

It’s the 1920s. Picture a canoe drifting on a moonlit lake, a young swain in white linen pants, a trendy pink shirt and straw boater hat picks out a tune on a ukulele, wooing his lady love. The instrument’s popularity has just jumped to the

Here at Magic Fluke we build each instrument to order, meaning there are endless opportunities to customize your instrument along the way. Here we'll showcase some examples of custom work we've done in the past, and the tools that we have to make

An interview with the team members of the Magic Fluke company for The Artful Mind Magazine, a local Berkshires publication which features local artists and craftsmen.

SHEFFIELD, Mass. - There's a lot of uncertainty in the world today, globally, nationally, locally. Even on a personal level, uncertainty can be nerve-wracking. Twenty years ago, Dale Webb was doing well. He was newly married, starting a family

From the outside, you would never know that this was a musical instrument factory. This gorgeous specimen of post and beam construction became home to Magic Fluke in 2010, when we moved from an '50s era Shell gas station in New Hartford,

The biggest improvement across the board on all our Fluke and Flea ukuleles is the development of a new bridge that’s been in the works for the past year. This innovative new design guarantees never to lift or come off the top, fits all string

Participate in the latest trend in community lending and fastest growing segment of the music industry with Fluke, Flea and Firefly Ukuleles by Magic Fluke. Perfect for library lending with a solid reputation for durable, quality built, great sounding, ready to play ukuleles!