Description
The pogo cello is also known as or very similar to a; devil's stick, bumbass, stump fiddle, stumpf fiddle, humstrum, devil's violin, bladder and string, stick zither, basse de Flandre, jingling johnny, lagerphone, Turkish crescent, Chapeau Chinois, Pavillon Chinois, Party Fiddle. The pogo cello, being a homemade folk instrument, has a configuration that is somewhat open to interpretation depending on the individual who creates it.
A typical description of the parts that might make a pogo cello are:
- A broom handle, pole, or a six-foot 2x3 piece of lumber.
- A spring fastened to the bottom of the wood.
- A cookie tin, tambourine, or any similar resonating device.
- A length of baling wire, attached to the top and bottom of the wood, stretched across the cookie tin or resonator.
- Any miscellaneous noisemakers that an individual might choose to attach anywhere on the pogo cello.
The instrument is thrust to the floor to make a bass drum sound, and a length of baling wire attached to a cookie tin is struck or bowed with a long threaded stick or dowel to make a snare drum sound.
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