{"id":12972,"date":"2021-11-10T09:06:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-10T17:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/?page_id=12972"},"modified":"2021-11-10T09:06:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-10T17:06:28","slug":"british-kazoo","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/sax-shaped-things\/metal\/british-kazoo\/","title":{"rendered":"British Kazoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_12977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12977\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12977\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/sax-shaped-things\/metal\/british-kazoo\/1-20\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-1.jpg?fit=1600%2C1200&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Source: Modelbay on eBay.com&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-12977 size-full\" title=\"british red kazoo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-1.jpg?resize=1429%2C1072&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"vintage British kazoo, sax-shaped kazoo, vintage red saxophone shaped toy, vintage tin toy, vintage musical toy\" width=\"1429\" height=\"1072\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-1.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/1-1.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1429px) 100vw, 1429px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Modelbay on eBay.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When I first saw this instrument on eBay in April 2015, I didn&#8217;t figure out it was likely the same as the <a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Left-Side.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">red, toy sax from Britain<\/a> I already had listed under this category. It was only after I created this page that I remembered I had seen something similar. At this point I am assuming that the <a href=\"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/sax-shaped-things\/metal\/red-british-toy-sax\/\">toy sax from Britain<\/a> I previously showed, and this one, indeed came from the same manufacturer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In trying to find out more about this vintage, little saxophone-shaped, British kazoo, I did a bunch of Internet searches. Unfortunately, I could not really turn up anything of interest. The only thing that I did come across was this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.antiquesnavigator.com\/d-2297958\/vintage-tin-plate-kazoo-saxophone-british-made-novelty-toy-instrument-working.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Antique Price Guide Details Page<\/a>, which shows 1 photo of the same toy with white paint, but not nearly in as nice a condition.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The seller of this particular sax-shaped British Kazoo, described it as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This is a really nice example , made from tin , 20cm long with &#8221; British Made &#8221; stamped on it&#8230;..I believe it is from the 1930`s ..<\/p>\n<p>It works perfectly &#8230;..<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1429\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/bassic-sax.info\\\/version5\\\/vintage-saxes\\\/sax-shaped-things\\\/metal\\\/british-kazoo\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:44524384}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1429px; height: 716px;\" data-original-width=\"1429\" data-original-height=\"716\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 953px; height: 716px;\" data-original-width=\"953\" data-original-height=\"716\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/sax-shaped-things\/metal\/british-kazoo\/5-12\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"949\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"712\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12976\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"5\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5.jpg?w=949&#038;h=712&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/5.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w\" width=\"949\" height=\"712\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"949\" data-original-height=\"712\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"5\" alt=\"Source: Modelbay on eBay.com\" style=\"width: 949px; height: 712px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Source: Modelbay on eBay.com <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 476px; height: 716px;\" data-original-width=\"476\" data-original-height=\"716\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/sax-shaped-things\/metal\/british-kazoo\/4-15\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"472\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"354\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12975\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/4.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/4.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/4.jpg?w=472&#038;h=354&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/4.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/4.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/4.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/4.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/4.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/4.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w\" width=\"472\" height=\"354\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"472\" data-original-height=\"354\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"4\" alt=\"Source: Modelbay on eBay.com\" style=\"width: 472px; height: 354px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Source: Modelbay on eBay.com <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/sax-shaped-things\/metal\/british-kazoo\/3-19\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"472\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"354\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12974\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3-1.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3-1.jpg?w=472&#038;h=354&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3-1.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/3-1.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w\" width=\"472\" height=\"354\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"472\" data-original-height=\"354\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"3\" alt=\"Source: Modelbay on eBay.com\" style=\"width: 472px; height: 354px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Source: Modelbay on eBay.com <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1429px; height: 1073px;\" data-original-width=\"1429\" data-original-height=\"1073\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 1429px; height: 1073px;\" data-original-width=\"1429\" data-original-height=\"1073\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/vintage-saxes\/sax-shaped-things\/metal\/british-kazoo\/2-21\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1425\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"1069\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"12973\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1200\" data-comments-opened=\"\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-1.jpg?fit=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-1.jpg?w=1425&#038;h=1069&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-1.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-1.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-1.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-1.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/2-1.jpg?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w\" width=\"1425\" height=\"1069\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1425\" data-original-height=\"1069\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"2\" alt=\"2\" style=\"width: 1425px; height: 1069px;\" \/> <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>I am not sure if the 1930s date is accurate or not, but it definitely has that 30s &amp; 40s era <em>vibe<\/em> to it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I first saw this instrument on eBay in April 2015, I didn&#8217;t figure out it was likely the same as the red, toy sax&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":3831,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12972","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P30OPe-3ne","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12972\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bassic-sax.info\/version5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}