How? or, Spare hours made profitable for boys and girls (1887)
Holbrook, Kennedy · New York, Worthington co. · leaf 77
cover of a very thin piece of tough 72 THE BOSTON CLAPPER. wood, and one-third as long as the opening, pushingit, when completed, well up against the inner end ofthe box; see b, in the figure, for size and position ofcover. The handle, f, is simply for convenience in holding theinstrument. Pass a… … c, and place this between the two strings at e. Now twistthis tongue over and over, each time drawing out thelonger end, to allow of the other sliding by the edgeof the cover. At each revolution of c the string istwisted tighter around the box, and if the end of c istouched, the other end strikes…
Handicraft · Amusements
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