Philip Davidson is a fourth generation fine woodworker. While providing psychotherapy for children and adults during the last 50 years, Philip has also built reproductions of 18th-century furniture. This pursuit has led him to many interesting locations like behind the barricades at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (to take measurements) and to a koa lumber yard in Hawaii in the early 1990’s. Little did he know that nearly 30 years later he would use this koa to build a ukulele.

Philip’s love of music and woodworking skills have come together in this totally enjoyable yet challenging pursuit. Longtime luthiers Mike DaSilva and Ken Franklin have served as consultants to Philip and been very impressed with his work. Philip is eager to find the next piece of wood that can be transformed into this big little sound machine.