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21. The swinette

Mon Mar 19, 2012, 05:16 PM

Mar 2012

Pronounced swye-net

A swinette is a musical instrument which is made by stretching a cat’s whisker across the posterior of a pig. The swinette is played by plucking the whisker with one’s teeth. The virtuoso creates tonal variations by squeezing the pig at appropriate places in the abdominal region.

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