i FINALLY got mine today in the mail. ordered it over a month ago. it was on back order or something. anyway, worst instrument ever. i think if i were to play this every day my teeth would fall out. i dont like it.
there is a trick to it. i used to mess with them, had a set from about 1 1/2 inch to about 6 inch. at some point i set them aside and devoted myself to harp almost exclusively.
they are a cute novelty and maybe useful for jug band and deep country.
I'm weird. Being weird, well, I discovered that those little dental floss on a stick things, well, if you hold them between your teeth and pluck them they make a halfway decent noise. By adjusting how much is sticking out you can change the pitch. They eventually break. They aren't good enough except as a novelty, but if you ever happen to have one and twenty minutes to kill...
Yeah, I tried one recently too. I'm sure that it just requires a goodly amount of practice. MadCat seems to have done his woodshedding quite nicely. Thanks for sharing that video Andrew.
If you check this website out you might even find an instruction page.
