lagerphone

lagerphone puhekieltä 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. (defdate)http://www.abc.net.au/arts/adlib/stories/s915488.htm ABC » Australia adlib (description)http://www.abc.net.au/arts/adlib/stories/s916156.htm ABC » Australia adlib (photograph)2003, John Shepherd et al. (editors), “Lagerphone”, entry in Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume II: Performance and Production, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=pJvzEzjahkQC&pg=PA379&dq=%22lagerphone%22 %22lagerphones%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r_CcT8_lGaaiiAfgrfy6Dg&redir_esc=yv=onepage&q=%22lagerphone%22|%22lagerphones%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 379.
1991, Experimental Musical Instruments, Volumes 7-8, http://books.google.com.au/books?id=aGEIAQAAMAAJ&q=%22lagerphone%22 %22lagerphones%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22lagerphone%22|%22lagerphones%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Rv2cT7jbLIXNmQXM0riYDg&redir_esc=y page 19,

In Dunsan Makavejev′sw:Dušan Makavejev|Dušan Makavejev film “The Coca-Cola Kid” (1984) the country band (Conways Carnival) performing “Waltzing Matilda” includes a lagerphone player who, in addition to hitting the stick against the ground strikes it with a stick swung in mock-bowing fashion.

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.

Our three piece band consisted of Robyn on lagerphone, me on guitar and a Norwegian guitar player called Tore Nielsen.