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@gustavratzenhofer,

gustavratzenhofer wrote:

And speaking of cheap entertainment.... does anyone know if Panzade is still playing music?

Panzade has abandoned music to become the beloved mascot of a professional hockey team. The younger fans really like him.

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@roger,

roger wrote:

Didn't say it wouldn't work. I once saw a guy playing on some kind of string "instrument". It had like a 2 X 4 hinged to wash tub, with strings from the top end of the board connected to the tub. The crowd loved it. I was awestruck.

It was plucked, not stroked.

trade name Bush bass. ask paul hogan to play it for you.

http://www.mcknowall.com/_wp_generated/wp57816283_0f.jpg

commonly constructed using a plywood tea chest a broom handle and string of various thickness depending on what can be found lying around.
often accomanied bu a largerphone.

http://www.apex.net.au/~keiths/Lagerphones/logorite.jpg

http://www.apex.net.au/~keiths/Lagerphones/design.htm

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@dadpad,

That's the very idea. As I say, the one I saw was based on an inverted, glavanized wash tub, but definately the same instrument. Tea chest probably sounds better. The wash tub was big on enthusiasm, if nothing else.

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@roger,

The washtub bass was prevalent in the 1920's jug band music.

http://www.otherpower.com/washtub_bass.html

Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZOxP5wQlGU

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@panzade,

Ol' Doubtin' Gus still ain't gonna believe.

Thanks for the confirmation. What I tried to describe did sound kind of improbable.

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