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Kazoo
The kazoo is a simple musical instrument that adds tonal qualities when the
player hums into it. The kazoo is a type of mirliton - a device which modifies
the sound of a person's voice by way of a vibrating membrane.
Such instruments have been used in Africa for hundreds of years, to disguise
the sound of somebody's voice or to imitate animals, for example, often for
ceremonial purposes.
The first metal kazoos were manufactured and patented in Eden, New York, where
they are still made in the original factory. A temporary kazoo can be made by
combining comb and tissue paper or wax paper.
In the Original Dixieland Jass Band 1921 recording of "Crazy Blues", what the
casual listener might mistake for a trombone solo is actually a kazoo solo by
drummer Tony Sbarbaro. The Mound City Blue Blowers had a number of hit kazoo
records in the early 1920s.
Source:
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