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A musical instrument formed from an empty five-gallon gasoline can and an upstanding neck with a steeply sloping fingerboard. The gasoline can is of the conventional flat-sided type, with a pouring opening and handle on top, used to carry gasoline on Jeeps and other vehicles, and rests on one of a pair of parallel sides to form the base of the instrument. The upstanding neck has a lower leg which is secured to the can to extend vertically upwardly adjacent its handle and beyond its upwardly facing side. The fingerboard is disposed above the gasoline can and extends for about three feet from a lower end spaced above the can to an upper end offset from the lower end toward the edge of the can. The instrument has a single string which is knotted at its lower end and passes upwardly through an opening in the upwardly facing side of the can to a twisting peg mounted in the upstanding neck just above the fingerboard. The string is positioned so that it can be depressed to the fingerboard by hand for instrument playing purposes. The leg and fingerboard parts of the upstanding neck are joined by a web having a saddle-shaped upper side on which one can lean, place a foot, or sit, while playing the instrument. Associated with the gasoline can is a foot pedal which actuates a striker bar pivotally mounted inside the can to produce a percussive effect.
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