Eunuch flute
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The eunuch flute, onion flute, or mirliton is a membranophone that was in use during the 16th and 17th centuries. It produces a sound akin to a comb and paper and is still manufactured as a toy.
French mirliton circa 1910
Eunuch flute made from a cicely stem
Swazzle
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A swazzle is a device used to produce the distinctive shrill voice of Punch in a Punch and Judy show. It consists of a cotton tape "reed" kept taut between two curved strips of metal, held in the mout
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A traditional Punch and Judy booth. A swazzle was generally used by the Punch 'professor' in order to speak in Punch's characteristic voice.