G'day ...

Katlaughing: I will send the same files I brought in for les B. I hope they are interesting and useful. Improvised instruments are a great interest with me because I believe that the need to improvise and make do built important parts of the Australian Pshyche ... and musical style.

Les B: I'm glad you enjoyed my material ... your comment on dimensions highlights a common problem with lagerphone - people want to make them too big and play them too hard. The instrument has a great power as originally seen (made of an old broom-handle ... not a gum sapling, Alan!).

When brawny young lads in bush bands build them out of heavy hoe handles and beat them with a building plank studded with upholsterers tacks, they lose all the subtleties of which the lagerphone is capable. It's like replacing a drum kit with a very large bass drum ... with snares! It's different ... but is it music?

Using a traditional instrument and working on the richness of variation and style is far more profitable ... and powerful, in the long run.

Regards,

Bob Bolton