February

2/12/2013

Added information on minor members to the Joining AAK  page.  

http://kazoologist.org/JoiningAAK.html

2/8/2013

And now, 

the anxiously* awaited


*some were anxious because they were afraid it might not come soon,
and some because they were afraid it would.

2/7/2013

I have added my analysis of  
Patent # 3484799  VOICE_AMPLIFIER_TOY--1969-Bath House Brass Patent  
http://kazoologist.org/BathHouseBrass01.html

to section
 Kazoo Design, Construction, &Maintenance

Later I will try to add some ideas for what to use to make your own, but you don't have to wait for me. 

Try it yourself.   Let me know how you do. 

 2/2/2013  

OK it's been a while, but by popular demand, I have added

 How to Make Wooden Kazoos

Also more links in
http://kazoologist.org/AAK_links.html
and
By Any Other Name (Kazoo Relatives) Links



March 

3/9/2012 

In 

Kazoo Design, Construction, &Maintenance

 http://kazoologist.org/Kazoo_body_design.html 

I am still working on this.  If you have any corrections, additions or questions please contact me kazoologist@kazoologist.org

  

February
2012
In
 Construction
Kazoo Body Construction
 I think I added some other  stuff but I kind of lost track of it.

January


1/26/2012
In
Links
Kazoo Song
Kazoo Concerto
Mary Donnelly (Arr. George L. O. Strid)
pdf of sheet music
http://looselywoven.org/concerts/12oscar/music/The%20Kazoo%20Concerto.pdf

and a different song by same name
Kazoo Concerto
Conducted and written by Kyle Miller
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFqdpx8UoqU



1/21/2012
In
 Construction
How to build a
Bamboo Kazoo

1/19/2012



I just purchased a copy of
THE KAZOO CONCERTO
it should get here is a few days.


1/18/2012

The Links section got too big so I moved some of the links to new sections
Links--Kazoo Science, Design and Construction
and
By Any Other Name (Kazoo Relatives) Links


added in
Links--Kazoo Science, Design and Construction
Glass Bottle Kazoo
http://www.instructables.com/id/A-kazoo-from-a-glass-bottle/

1/17/2012
In the last few days I have added several more to LINKS


By Any Other Name
(Kazoo Relatives)

Bigotphone
A French mirliton instrument in the shape of real instruments, similar to the Zobo, Vocophone, Songophone & Sonophone
http://www.musicaviva.com/instruments/gallery/search.html?phrase=bigotphone&mode=wa&findin=all

Bigotphone or Bigophone
A French mirliton instrument in the shape of real instruments, similar to the Zobo, Vocophone, Songophone & Sonophone
http://tinyurl.com/7fp7hpk

News item for Bigophone
http://tinyurl.com/87aedjd

Amateur Entertainer
Ads for Zobos, Vocophones and Kazoos--1904
http://tinyurl.com/7p6ebba

An interview with Louis Crakow about Zobo advertising
http://tinyurl.com/6uqlmrg

Globular Horns
Barry Hall's investigations into globular horns. Includes globular drum horns which (depending on the membrane used should be able to be played like a kazoo, drum or horn.
http://www.ninestones.com/burntearth/articles/globarticle/index.html

Kazoos
translation of a French site
http://tinyurl.com/7e5ptw4

Musicaviva.com
Songophones
http://www.musicaviva.com/instruments/gallery/multisearch.html?brandmaker=songophone&brandmakerwmode=ww

Musicaviva.com
This url has a very large selection of kazooz of all many types and several brands from different countries.
http://www.musicaviva.com/instruments/gallery/multisearch.html?instrument=kazoo&instwmode=ww

The Tommy Talker Bands of the West Riding
Tommy Talker is a British name for the kazoo.
http://www.mustrad.org.uk/articles/t_talker.htm

Zobo
Quite a lot of information and pictures of the Zobo
http://marge.home.xs4all.nl/Zobo.htm

musikhandwerk - my instruments - various
A couple of nice pics of tibia �lexis� also called Mirliton or Eunuch-flute. The text seems a little suspect.
http://www.musikhandwerk.de/UK/sonstiges.html#MIRLITON


Performers  
CURRENT
Carolina Chocolate Drops
The most enthusiastic kazooing I have seen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-eM7yFrTng

The Genuine Jug Band
http://www.thegenuinejugband.com/

Mad City Jug Band
including Beverly Hills--A member of AAK
http://www.myspace.com/madcityjugband

HISTORIC
The Mound City Blue Blowers
http://tinyurl.com/6lj4h5s

Kazoo Books
The Tommy Talker Bands of the West Riding:
the history and development of a working-class entertainment
http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Tommy_Talker_Bands_of_the_West_Ridin.html?id=ob9jYgEACAAJ
Out of print but can be found at some on line book sellers if you do a search.


WeenieCampbell.com
Preserving Country Blues through Education, Performance and Technology
http://weeniecampbell.com/yabbse/index.php






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1/13/2012

In
Links
Another Kazoo Song
Kazoo Koncerto
This recording is the Southwest Women's Chorus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U92sa1wbd6Q

1/10/2012

The KickStarter Project

George "Butch" Collins AKA "The Old Kazoo Maker" AKA "Doc Kazoo", has opened a project at Kickstarter.com to seek backers for his project to make a documentary on kazoo making. 


1/10/2012
Redid the side bar on all the pages.


In
History of the Kazoo
Unverified Kazoo Stories



1/8/2012
In
Construction
Kazoo Body Construction

This What's New page.



December
In
Links
Kazoo Construction

Ideas for Kids' Music Crafts 
Making a kazoo like instrument out of potatoe chip can lids (I presume they mean Pringles can lids).
Since Ehow instructions don't have any pictures I don't entirely understand them. Will need a little experimentation.
http://www.ehow.com/info_8181049_ideas-kids-music-crafts.html

HAGAMOS UN MIRLITON DE CARRIZO Navachiste 2009
YouTube Video showing making mirlitons from bamboo in South America.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xO0H3Fz0ocU

Construction

Includes:  

 

Paper Kazoo 01

Paper Kazoo 02     
Round Bottom

Paper Kazoo 03
  Quarter Circle Cone

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IN

History of the Kazoo

Unverified Kazoo Stories
Just starting this
more to go


November

In
Links
Kazoo Comics
http://www.dharbin.com/strip/what-would-dharbin-do-the-skating-kazoo-13/

Grumpy Lou & His Kazoo
A wonderful slide show by Elwood H. Smith
http://illoz.com/elwoodz/?section=portfolios&gallery_id=636
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In
Kazoo Design, Construction, &Maintenance

Membranes
http://www.tlapitzalli.com/curinguri/gamitadera/gamite.html
mentions a wet onion skin, perforated at the center and tied with a cord

Here are instructions for how I made membrane from an onion.  
http://kazoologist.org/onion.html
 I have no idea if that is how it was done historically, but it looks like it is possible to use a membrane from onion on kazoos.
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Construction

Includes:  

 
Kids Kazoos     Kazooed Horn

The History of the Kazoo Through Patents
Part I--The First Kazoo

All of the Kazoo Patents
(that I have found so far)

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