Old Fashioned Toys - Metal Kazoo Toy

Our Kazoo (5001) is a popular folk instrument that anyone can play! Made today of metal, just as they have been since the mid-1800s. Kazoo comes with instructions on how to play.

Our Kazoo (5001) is a popular folk instrument that anyone can play! Made today of metal, just as they have been since the mid-1800s. Kazoo comes with instructions on how to play. These kazoos are made in the same manner as original instruments produced at the beginning of the 20th century.Fun Fact: The Kazoo was exhibited at the 1852 Georgia State Fair and was later manufactured under the name "Down South Submarine" because of its shape.Fun Fact: Although the origin of the kazoo is African, it has since become as American as apple pie and considered by some to be the "most democratic musical instrument" since anyone who can hum a tune can also play a kazoo!Fun Fact: König Ludwig von Bayern had a 2.13-meter-long mirliton made for an opera by Wagner. This instrument was constructed with extremely "fat" eunuks that were imported from the Ottoman kingdom.Fun Fact: You can "make" a kazoo by wrapping a tissue paper or piece of wax paper around a hair comb. Try it if you have not already!Historical Background: The kazoo is a simple musical instrument (membranophone) that produces tonal qualities when a player hums into it. The kazoo is also a type of vibrating membrane instrument known as "mirlitons." The kazoo dates back hundreds of years to its oldest known relative, the horn-mirliton, an African version of the mirliton. Horn-mirlitons' tubes were made from cow horns, and the eggshells of spiders were used for the membranes. African horn-mirlitons were often used at tribal gatherings to distort or mask voices.