Thaddeus von Clegg
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Thaddeus von Clegg
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Thaddeus von Clegg was a German-American clockmaker who constructed the first kazoo in the 1840s in Georgia. The kazoo, also called the Clegghorn, is based on the African mirliton, and was a popular African-American folk instrument during the 19th century. The manufactured version we know today was invented in Macon, Georgia, by von Clegg in collaboration with a former slave named Alabama Vest, in the 1840s. The first manufactured kazoo was made by von Clegg, and the instrument was introduced to
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German-American clockmaker
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2024-01-09T07:58:45Z
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