What to do and how to do it; the American boys handy book (1920)
Beard, Daniel Carter, 1850-1941 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 190
n Instrument made uponthe same principle as the ** bird singer just described. The* block bird singer consists of two blocksof pine small enough to fit between the frontteeth of the operator. The blocks are hol-lowed out in the middle, as shown by A,Fig. Ii8. Stretch a blade of grass across the… … Fig. II II 162 Summer. noises which, with practice, may be made to imitate the notesof a singing bird. A thin strip of writing-paper may be sub-stituted for the blade of grass where the latter is hard toprocure. The Corn-stalk Fiddle. The writing of the above title has sent me back to my boy-hood…
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