Re: [Harp-L] cornball harp, but what kind of harp or harp device?

["John Kerkhoven" <solo_danswer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And Bobbie beat me to the handheld brush broom!

And the title of their skit "borstelnummer" means roughly "brush number" ...
didn't think of it at first.

And with that in mind, it occurs to me that Dorus might be playing something
like a nail brush.
http://www.blackpearlbotanicals.com/products/scrub_brush_big.jpg

John



> Ah, Winslow, you beat me to it!
>
> At 06:12 PM 3/12/2007, Winslow Yerxa wrote:
> >It appears that the actor on the viewer's right has removed the handle
> >from the wooden base of a push-broom and is "playing" the shoulder of
> >the wood, with the bristles projecting forward.
>
> Absolutely!!
>
> >Not sure what the guy on the left is "playing".
>
> Look closer at the video, especially the second one you linked to, and
> see the actual handle part of a handheld brush broom.  Both of the side
> players are pretending to play bass or chord harmonicas on brooms!
>
> I love the flip up action for emphasis on certain notes! ;-)
>
> All this brings us to the question:  Is Dorus actually imitating play on
> a harmonica or really holding a harmonica?  I don't think so, but I'm
> still trying to figure out exactly WHAT it is, I must say!!  Funny skit!
>
> Thanks y'all for the links.  Any idea how old they are??
>
> "Scrubbing Bubbles" Bobbie
>
>