Origins:
Since 2008, the mercatinodellukulele.it has been Europe's best stocked ukulele shop with over 400 different products on sale.
Born at the same time as the first ukulele festival in Italy, from an idea of Mimmo Peruffo and Daniela Gaidano (owners of Aquila corde armoniche), the mercatinodellukulele.it's first aim was to make quality ukuleles available in Italy, which at the time were difficult to find in Europe. In a short time, the shop became an international reference point for lovers of the instrument.
Mahimahi: the birth of a brand
The conviction that the social potential of the ukulele is no less than its musical potential has led the Mercatino to immediately support the projects of those who bring the ukulele into hospitals (Dottor Clown), prisons, retirement homes and social care communities. However, all of this requires the availability of good quality musical instruments at an affordable price, which is why they have created their own line of ukuleles, MahiMahi Ukulele. If the brand name is the result of a funny misunderstanding on the web (MahiMahi is not the dolphin fish, but the Lampuga), the Mahimahi line is guided by a constant principle: to amaze with the quality of the sound and the low price rather than with the aesthetic variety of the offer. Few lines, therefore, the result of an essential design as Italian elegance teaches us, enriched by a stimulating pinch of history and tradition. The Yellow, in fact, recreates Marilyn's ukulele in "A Qualcuno Piace Caldo" while the 7G has the sober lines of the legendary Martin 0 series.