Metal Kazoo available in various colours.

The kazoo, pronounced as kazoé, is a musical instrument belonging to the mirlitons. This instrument is a metal or plastic tube with a paper membrane in the side wall. By singing into the kazoo, the membrane starts to vibrate, which distorts the sound. For the best result, the kazoo should be played on the wide side. The principle of the kazoo has been used for centuries in musical instruments. For example, a cigarette paper and a comb can be used to produce a similar sound. It is a common assumption that the kazoo was invented in the nineteenth century by the American Alabama Vest, although there are no sources for this. The sound of the kazoo is often considered funny, which is why the instrument is regularly used in humorous music. Artists such as Paolo Conte also use it often. The Finnish metal band Finntroll uses the kazoo in their album Visor om slutet. The kazoo is also used in the main theme of the film Chicken Run, composed by Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell, and in the theme music for the attraction Apirama (now Het Bos van Plop) in the former Meli Park in De Panne. Furthermore, David Gilmour, guitarist and singer of Pink Floyd, used the kazoo in the song Corporal Clegg from 1968.