Lagerphone
Full definition of lagerphone
Noun
- (Australia) A generally homemade percussion instrument consisting of crown cap beer bottle tops loosely nailed to a pole (often a broom handle) and a board mounted cross-ways on the pole (the head of the broom), and played by striking the pole on the ground or with a stick, by drawing the serrated stick across the pole, or by shaking the instrument. From 1952.
[ABC » Australia adlib (description)][ABC » Australia adlib (photograph)][2003, John Shepherd et al. (editors), “Lagerphoneâ€, entry in Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume II: Performance and Production, %22lagerphones%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r_CcT8_lGaaiiAfgrfy6Dg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22lagerphone%22|%22lagerphones%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 379.] - 1991, Experimental Musical Instruments, Volumes 7-8, %22lagerphones%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22lagerphone%22|%22lagerphones%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Rv2cT7jbLIXNmQXM0riYDg&redir_esc=y page 19,In Dunsan Makavejev′shref="http://freewordfinder.com/dictionary/w/">DuÅ¡an Makavejev film “The Coca-Cola Kid†(1984) the country band (Conways Carnival) performing “Waltzing Matilda†includes a lagerphone player who, in addition to hitting the stick against the ground strikes it with a stick swung in mock-bowing fashion.
- 2003, John Shepherd et al. (editors), “Lagerphoneâ€, entry in Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume II: Performance and Production, %22lagerphones%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=r_CcT8_lGaaiiAfgrfy6Dg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22lagerphone%22|%22lagerphones%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 379,In its modern form the lagerphone is of Australian origin and is a percussive instrument that produces a rhythmic effect similar to that of the tambourine.
- 2011, Chris Buch, Hello Sunshine: A Blitz Kid′s Journey to the Sunshine State, %22lagerphones%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JQycT8qCOO-cmQX_57GsDg&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22lagerphone%22|%22lagerphones%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 227,Our three piece band consisted of Robyn on lagerphone, me on guitar and a Norwegian guitar player called Tore Nielsen.
