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==Other names and versions== In [[Australia]], this instrument constructed with beer-bottle tops is known as a lagerphone.<ref name=Bushwackers /> The same name and construction is found in [[New Zealand]]. The town of [[Brooweena, Queensland|Brooweena]] in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] claims to hold the unofficial record when 134 people simultaneously played the lagerphone in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/local/videos/2009/06/09/2593526.htm|title=Unofficial lagerphone record set in Brooweena|date=9 June 2009|work=ABC Wide Bay|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=30 November 2009}}</ref> In [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]], it is referred to as an "[[ugly stick]]". In the Dutch province of [[Friesland]] this type of instrument is known as a '[[:fy:Kuttepiel|kuttepiel]]'. In the American upper-[[Midwestern United States|Midwestern]] states of [[Minnesota]] and [[Wisconsin]], the closely related [[vozembouch]], [[stumpf fiddle]] or [[pogocello]] originated in [[Czech American|Czech communities]] and adds small cymbals, strings, and a drum. A similar instrument, the [[batih]], is found in [[Ukraine]]. The "zob stick" variation of this [[musical instrument|instrument]] was constructed and named in 1968 by [[percussionist]] and [[songwriter]] [[Keef Trouble]] of the [[band (music)|band]] [[Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts]] and [[Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs]], and included a sprung-[[boot]] attached to the bottom of the pole and a metal sleeve round its centre, to be hit with a serrated wooden stick. It is now, with the term ‘Lagerphone’, the most commonly used name for this instrument.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} The term '[[wikt:zob|zob]]' was taken from the British [[naval slang]] term for "penis". <gallery> File:Jingling Johnny (26020760613).jpg|Instrument labeled [[Jingling Johnny]] in England. Lined with [[jingle (percussion)|jingles]] made from [[beer cap]]s. File:Northumbrian Bagpipes and Jingling Johnny (9175779287).jpg|Instrument labeled Jingling Johnny (jingles made from beer caps), and Northumbrian bagpipes at Haworth, England File:F16 Turkiiskt klockspel.tif|111.242.222. [[Turkish crescent]] or Jingling Johnny. File:Ugly Stick Newfoundland.jpg|[[Ugly stick]], has beer caps, like lagerphones. Is played with drumstick (like [[bumbass]]). </gallery>
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