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The bazooka was invented and popularized by Bob Burns--an equivalent instrument called the "funnel phone" was used by jazz musician Noon Johnson; Sanford Kendrick played western swing music on one, too. You can make your own bazooka from rolled and taped paper tubes, soldered copper or brass tubes, welded steel tubes, thin wooden tubes, or plastic tubes. Any competent brass musician will be able to perform masterfully on bazooka. Non-brass players will struggle to produce notes and tunes, but making one is well worth a try.