Further to our last post on the 'tingaling', etc., here's an item from National Folk of 1967. The late folklorist and everything else, Ron Edwards, ran this magazine and related publications for many years. They contain a wealth of information about folksong, lore, legend and anything else Ron thought worth including, which was quite a lot!
In this article, a reader describes how he/she built a tin can banjo, based on one Ron had collected.
For more on Ron Edwards, see Keith McKenry's Ron Edwards and the Fight for Australian Tradition.
Or paste this into your browser if the link above doesn't work: https://scholarly.info/book/ron-edwards-and-the-fight-for-australian-tradition/
Also, Rob Willis has uploaded a video on the cardboard fiddle to the VM Youtube channel, here :
And he has another video of his interview with Fred Chapman and his amazing kerosene tin 'banjo' at: