selby, I wish you well in your pursuit of what Delafouquette called "the Prince of Hum-Instruments". In college, I finally made the transition from comb-and-paper to my first kazoo, and it opened up a whole new world of musical accomplishment to me. Even to this day, there is nothing to compare to the sweet sound of a kazoo on a warm Summer night, nothing so plaintive as the mournful air of a distant kilt-clad kazooist humming Amazing Grace from a distant, misty hilltop.

Please see this thread for more exciting information on the instrument Louis Armstrong called "a devastatingly effective method of clearing your house of unwanted relatives."