Lagerphone [realia]
- Bib ID:
- 3063082
- Format:
- Object
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item
- Description:
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- [195-?]
- 1 lagerphone 23.5 x 153 x 6 cm. + 1 stick (commonly known as a waddy or Whacker) 5 x 44 cm.
- Notes:
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- Believed to have been used in performances by The Bushwhackers (1954-1957). The Bushwhackers were active in collecting and performing bush songs from rural Australia to button accordion and lagerphone accompaniment.
- A homemade musical instrument made from what is believed to be a broom or mop handle of dark wood (153 cm) with a short crossboard (23.5 x 7 x 2 cm) screwed to the top of the handle and a rubber stop at the bottom. The crossboard has 3 columns of 6 bottletops screwed to the top, 5 double layered columns of bottletops on one side, 2 rows of bottletops (totalling 11 double layered columns) on the other side, and 2 double layered columns of bottletops on both narrow sides. 2 medium-sized bells and 8 small bells are attached to the bottom of the crossboard. Coloured paper tassles are tied to each end of the crossboard. Just below the crossboard are 3 double layered columns of bottletops screwed to the stick on one side and 1 double layered column of bottletops on the other side. 4 small bells and 6 small circular metal discs are attached at the same level. The mid section of the handle is covered with a thin metal coil (16 cm) with 4 small bells and 6 small circular metal discs attached above. Below this there are 2 rows of 13 columns of bottletops (single layered except for the first double layered column) and 2 rows of 14 columns of bottletops (single layered except for the first column). The serrated wood stick is made from a different dark wood.
- Also available online http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-136845783
- Subject:
- Percussion instruments -- Australia
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