An improvised percussion instrument consisting of rows of metal bottle tops attached to a pole, producing a jingling noise when it is scraped or struck on the ground.
he pounds his lagerphone on the floor
Example sentencesExamples
I've been involved in the making of lots of lagerphones.
No one knows when the lagerphone originated, but certainly when the shearers were rained in they did bush music.
While not commonly known by name, the lagerphone is a traditional bush percussion instrument made from a large stick and bottle caps.
They show the children how to make simple musical instruments such as zithers, drums, and lagerphones.
The lagerphone is a traditional bush rhythm instrument, made from bottle tops nailed to a hoe handle.
Look at the clips we'll be putting online about how to play the lagerphone.
In the 1950s, lagerphones suddenly appeared all over the country, becoming the signature of the revival bush bands.
I made this lagerphone myself from an old farm artefact from early farming days.
When you want to re-tune the lagerphone, you just drink a few more beers.
The do-it-yourself display also includes the lagerphone, the candolin (a mandolin made from four beer cans which act as resonators), and a eucalyptus-branch slide whistle.
Origin
1950s: from lager (because of the beer-bottle tops used) + -phone.