Joe, thanks for the links. I especially liked that "Historical Perspective" article! *BG*
Pied Piper, that "Kazoo Health Tips" site is great, too! And the Worldwide Web Kazoo HQ, as well. (Do the chocolate kazoos produce smooth jazz sounds?)

Mr Happy, bert, Steve P, Barnacle, Geoff, Craig, GUEST, Sonnet, Selby, thanks to you all for your information and excellent suggestions for repairs.

(Steve P, that MSTW paper seems to be the kind they use in Italy and other parts of Europe.)

Wonderful (if irreverent) suggestions, Dave B., Mudguard, breezy, BWL, Mrs. Duck, curmudgeon, Roger! LOL

Leadfingers -- ah, yes, the good old days!


Spaw, Pneumony, Reggie is right. If you can't tell a 99¢ plastic kazoo from a really good (properly tuned) metal one that has the right membrane (and a skilled
player), then you've never really heard/ listened to "real kazoo music!" The cheap ones don't have the volume or pitch range, much less the timbre, of a good
quality one. Fixing a good one is far better than buying a cheap imitation! And even when you buy an expensive one (a whole $5.00), it may not sound as good
as another one did.

When I do a number like the full score of "Stars And Stripes Forever" on kazoo, it just doesn't work unless I have a kazoo that can produce a wide range of pitch
and will allow me to modulate the volume as well. (It's one of my most popular numbers for July 4th--especially when other kazoos join in, so I don't have to
do the piccolo and trumpet parts at the same time.)

Again, as to the respectability of the kazoo, as the WBKE motto says, "if you can hum it we can play it." (Just remember that some folks hum better than
others.)

Genie