Introduction: The Mirliton
Welcome everybody, do you want to know how make a mirliton ?
First you have to find a little piece of elder tree branch an approximate diameter of 1,5 cm - 2 cm and 10 -15 cm long.
Step 1: How to Prepare the Branch ?
Furnitures:
- the piece of elder tree
- a screwdriver
- a lime
- a leaf of cigarette
- an elastic
Step 2:
Analyze the piece of wood. You can see in the wood core a white rigid foam. You have to extract it.
Many ways can be used but the better way it is to use a screwdriver. It permit to dig effectively.
Step 3:
Once the branch is emptied must be a hole in the wooden two-thirds to be able to breathe.
We can do this with a lime.
Step 4:
On this level we still use a sheet of cigarette attached with elastic on the end of the part farthest from the hole.
Step 5:
Here is your kazoo is ready to work to create a sound you have to breathe using your voice.
Enjoy !
3 Comments
10 years ago on Introduction
being from southern louisiana This is the only item of reference that i have for anything named "mirliton"...my grandma used to be the mirliton master
Reply 9 years ago on Introduction
There are a lot of things called mirliton
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mirliton
10 years ago on Introduction
u mean a cigarette paper?