Waldteufel

Waldteufel (Ger.: forest devil), *whirled friction drum of Germany, consisting of a pasteboard or tin cylinder closed at one end by parchment. A horsehair string is passed through the membrane and tied to the notched handle of a stick by which it is rotated. Up to ca. 1850 it was in use at Christmastide (16). Balfour, Henry. “The Friction Drum,” in Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 37. London, 1907.