The Mrs JJ is quite taken with the idea of a Lagerphone to accompany a Morris band.

For the uninitiated, a Lagerphone is a broom stick with beer bottle-tops nailed loosely along it's length. The stick is then bashed on the ground, in time with the music. It gives a nice jingley, percussive sound.....others may disagree on the use of the word 'nice' here!

I'm after advice on the best way to make one. Bernard has pointed me in the right direction but the knowledge of Mudcatters can only help me further here.

The sort of information I would like is:

How many beer bottle-tops per nail?
Over what length of the stick should the nail / bottle tops be spread?
How much nail length should be allowed?
etc

All help gratefully received.

JJ