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1. What is a lagerphone ?
2. Origins and history. 3. Design and construction. 4. Examples. |
5. Rattlers.
6. Terminology. 7. The Stomper Sticks 8. International 9. World record |
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Launch note I compiled these pages to fill an apparent hiatus. I do not regard myself as particularly qualified to be a lead lagophonist but so far as my surfing could find, no one else had attempted to explain what lagerphones were and what they did. Since I first launched it I have received several responses which have enabled me to expand my offering but I still regard it as only partial. If you have lit on it via a search engine I do advise you to take it with caution. It cannot yet be considered either authoritative or comprehensive. Indeed it is probably no more than a small offering from a large and richly varied subject. If you have come to it from a music link I would much appreciate a message (the letter box may wobble, but it does work) stating your point of view. And particularly so if you could direct me to any sources I may have missed, or supply any material - words or pictures - about lagerphones. And now something I record with a small whoop of delight - at the National Folk Festival this coming Easter an attempt is to be made on the world record for the number of lagerphones playing the same thing in the same place at the same time. Please - everyone come to the Central Park area about 6.30 the Sunday evening and/or to one of the make-you-own workshops I understand I will be running the Friday, Saturday and Sunday lunchtimes in the Community Arts area. Kate Bowman - the program manager - has a target of 150 but I think we should aim for 200. |
| Keith Sayers - Canberra - March 2012 |
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