Today, Sue, Howard and I traveled from Erie, PA to Eden, New York to visit The Kazoo Company. This small shop is the only place where metal kazoos are made in America. We stopped for lunch at the Four Corners Cafe, right on the square in the village of Eden, then went on to tour the kazoo factory.
The machines that you see in the pictures are over 100 years old and, obviously, still get the job done. They had a very detailed, self-guided tour that explained the 18 steps needed to make a kazoo. Then at the end, I purchased a starter kit and used a hand powered machine to finish making my own kazoo. I did not have to do all 18 steps, only about 5. But, how cool is that anyway?
Since the Akron barbershop chorus did a song last year called The Kazoo Concerto, which involved playing some of the song on kazoos, the other guys will be so jealous when they see my new toy.
3 comments:
I remember that factory being on an episode of Mr. Rogers! It was the one when that little trolley went to that place with the castle and puppets.
What ever happened to a good old comb, waxed paper, rubber band construction? I'm kickin' it old school!
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On a related note,KAZOOBIE KAZOOS!
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