Ukulele Serenade

I loved your very well researched and fascinating “Ukulele Strikes a New Chord” (Oct. 1). I came back from my Hawaiian vacation this summer with a ukulele, which my teenage boys and I could not stop strumming all the way home. Every evening in Maui we were serenaded by yet another group of ukulele-strumming songsters, and I fell in love with the gentle genre. I now constantly play the CD I bought featuring the world’s “biggest” star, “Iz” [Israel Kamakawiwo’ole], and his ukulele, whenever I need soothing or to just recall that Hawaiian feeling.

Jeff Drobman

Agoura