Lagerphone information. | A Swag Full of Instruments

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Is also known as a Murrumbidgee River Rattler, was a bushman’s improvised percussive musical instrument and was introduced by members of the British Army military bands who played an instrument called a jingling Johnny.

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It’s an instrument that can be made with a broom handle or a small branch of a tree which you play with a serrated stick called the rattle stick or rattler, which is used to strike or bow the lagerphone, while tapping it on the floor.

It’s a good idea to put a rubber stopper on the end, which will bounce on the floor to stop damage.

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The larerphone song.