You'll have to forgive me for being so vague. It's basically a wooden box with a handle sticking out of one side, and when you turn the handle it emits a constant whine that sounds not unlike someone sitting on a set of bagpipes.
I saw the Decemberists using one a little while back, I think it was for Sons & Daughters (which, incidently, is the only song I know that features the word "dirrigible").
I'd put this query in ILM, but they're all scary over there and I fear being mocked.
― Hello Sunshine, Wednesday, 23 May 2007 15:38 (nineteen years ago)