Make yourself a lagerphone
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (300441)
Rockingham, Australia
December 5, 2022 6:19pm CST
A lagerphone I guess could be classed as a percussion instrument. Often, they are just a piece of timber with bottle-tops loosely attached so when you strike or shake the lagerphone the bottle-tops rattle against each other to make a noise.
This one is made from two short lengths of PVC pipe. They are screwed together to make the longer one you can see in the photo. Long screws go through the pipe and then through a number of bottle-tops.
Vince’s brother has a ‘striker’ in his right hand although you can just tap the lagerphone on the floor if you want to. The name comes from lager beer, bottles of which might supply most of the bottle-tops.
The photos shows Vince’s younger brother on the lagerphone with Vince on the piano. There was also a clarinettist, a mandolin player, and our niece playing a flute.
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@BarBaraPrz (40258)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
6 Dec
I wonder just how drunk the guy was that invented it...
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@kobesbuddy (144427)
• East Tawas, Michigan
6 Dec
Goodness, you actually had a nice band playing music, very nice! What instruments do you play, Judy?
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@JudyEv (300441)
• Rockingham, Australia
7 Dec
@kobesbuddy The French horn is a difficult instrument to play. I'm impressed.
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@kobesbuddy (144427)
• East Tawas, Michigan
6 Dec
@JudyEv I love playing the trumpet and French horn. But, I never owned a French horn. Piano, I love to play, but not professional simply an amateur.
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@aninditasen (12472)
• Raurkela, India
6 Dec
Lovely instrument. I didn't know about it. Are you getting ready for Christmas celebration?
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@JudyEv (300441)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Dec
@aninditasen I'll do that when we've finished.
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@aninditasen (12472)
• Raurkela, India
7 Dec
@JudyEv Wonderful. Share the decoration with us.
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@Beestring (9704)
• Hong Kong
6 Dec
Never seen one before. An interesting musical instrument.
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@GardenGerty (149114)
• United States
6 Dec
That would make an impressive percussion instrument to play along.
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@RebeccasFarm (84592)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
6 Dec
I tell you, you show me something new every day Judy! This is astounding to me
I wish you had done a video so's I could hear this


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@RebeccasFarm (84592)
• Wheat Ridge, Colorado
6 Dec
@JudyEv Nope, I would have to be on his friends list..its okay Judy no worries love xo
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@JESSY3236 (17354)
• United States
6 Dec
cool instrument. Never seen one. I used to play a clarinet.
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@oahuwriter (28292)
• United States
7 Dec
@JudyEv
I see. Makes for much merriment!
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