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Monkey stick

A monkey stick is a traditional English percussion instrument, used in folk music. Some musicians have taken to fixing a small stuffed toy monkey to the tops of their instruments.

Other names and versions
In Australia, this instrument constructed with beer-bottle tops is known as a lagerphone. In Newfoundland, it is referred to as an "ugly stick". In the Dutch province of Friesland this type of instrument is known as a 'kuttepiel'. In the American upper-Midwestern states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, the closely related vozembouch, stumpf fiddle or pogocello originated in 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 instrument was constructed and named in 1968 by percussionist and songwriter Keef Trouble of the 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. The term 'zob' was taken from the British naval slang term for "penis". File:Jingling Johnny (26020760613).jpg|Instrument labeled Jingling Johnny in England. Lined with jingles made from beer caps. 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). ==See also==
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