[Dixielandjazz] "Everybody wants to be in the band" (back to the Kazoo thread)

[Goggin, Brian (Dublin)]

Deadly!
I read somewhere several years ago that the hot fountain pen is a piccolo
clarinet with a saxophone type mouthpiece and is about 6 inches long.
Whether this is true or not I don't know, but I suspect it is.


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Tony Davis [SMTP:tony at gaston-software.co.uk]
> Sent:	Sunday, January 19, 2003 7:43 PM
> To:	DJML
> Subject:	Re: [Dixielandjazz] "Everybody wants to be in the band"
> (back to the Kazoo thread)
> 
> Anyone interested in novelty instruments in a jazz context should have a
> look
> at this page from the website of former list member Norman Field:
> http://www.normanfield.fsnet.co.uk/rollini.htm .  Fascinating stuff about
> the
> ocarina, goofus, melodica and hot fountain pen, with sound clips.
> 
> --
> Tony Davis
> Trumpet/Cornet
> Zenith Hot Stompers/Kaminsky Connection/Harlem
> Aston, Oxfordshire, UK
> www.tony-davis.co.uk
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Richoux" <tubaman at batnet.com>
> To: "dixie" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 19, 2003 7:20 PM
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] "Everybody wants to be in the band" (back to the
> Kazoo thread)
> 
> 
> > Hi all,
> >
> > While doing some research on a old band photo I came across this
> > article:
> > http://www.gabbf.com/fguide/1999/conf0606.html
> >
> > Some interesting comments on something called The "Zobo Horn" and the
> > popularity of Kazoo and other novelty bands that let all sorts of
> > people "be in the band."
> >
> > Also, there is much more kazoo material at the Captain Kazoo Museum
> > website: http://www.captainkazoo.com/museum.html
> >
> > Dave Richoux
> >
> >
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