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What is a lagerphone?

What is a lagerphone? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. [From 1952.]
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I made this lagerphone myself from an old farm artefact from early farming days.
No one knows when the lagerphone originated, but certainly when the shearers were rained in they did bush music.
While not commonly known by name, the lagerphone is a traditional bush percussion instrument made from a large stick and bottle caps.
Look at the clips we'll be putting online about how to play the lagerphone.
The do-it-yourself display also includes the lagerphone, the candolin, and a eucalyptus-branch slide whistle.
In its modern form the lagerphone is of Australian origin and is a percussive instrument that produces a rhythmic effect similar to that of the tambourine.

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