Nail Broth...

 

 

 

 

My Mom always loved Danny Kaye.

Her dad, Grampa Ronald, was one of

twelve brothers. One of them, named

Rogers, went into Vaudeville...

 

I got my Mother to buy a $20 dollar

Ukulele from Ed's True Value Hardware,

for her Granddaughter for her High School

Graduation present.

 

She was Valedictorian 

of Sacred Heart Academy, and received 

a scholarship to Georgetown University.

 

I repaired the action, but since it was small,

the strings didn't hold tension.

(It had inexpensive friction pegs ...)

 

I retuned it from G to C, and the pegs held.

I bought a Ukulele chord sheet,

and renamed the chords

for the higher pitch.

 

Allison thanked me for doing that,

saying she knew she would never

look them up

by herself ...

 

I cut a large eight pointed star from

a CD, and inlaid it into the headstock.

She liked it... 

 

This was Mom's gift to Allison,

I gave her a Visa Gift Card with

$84 dollars on it...

 

"Minga...!" said Aunt Rosita Lucchesi.

 

I suggested that she take it to

College with her, because it was

smaller and more portable than

the guitar ...

 

But I don't think she ever did ...

 

Maybe she did.

 

I hope so.

 

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