the guitar and lute workshop (glw) was a manufacturer of custom guitars, ukuleles, and period stringed instruments based in honolulu, hawaii between 1970 and 1976. the workshop was known primarily for the talented luthiers employed in either construction of guitars, or the musicians that taught at the workshop or that used guitars made at the workshop. additionally, an independent piano restoration and tuning business operated above the workshop floor and studios for at least two years. the glw was notable as a nexus of activity supporting native hawaiian musical cultural discovery during the second hawaiian renaissance of the 1970s, with key hawaiian musicians such as keola beamer and kapono beamer gaining starts in their careers at the glw, as well as musical instrument restoration for instruments of hawaiian royalty (of the kingdom of hawaii), now curated by ʻiolani palace. additionally, the glw's focus on traditional period stringed instruments was, in part, responsible for the resurgent interest in the viol and traditional luthierie methods within the western united states in the early 1970s.