Dave Richoux from KFJC writes... Here are some more interesting things for you, I do not know who owns
the rights to these pictures. Certainly Zobo bands seemed to have enjoyed popularity.
Here's a photo showing a Zobo trio with the caption CREATED/PUBLISHED [1896 or 1897?]
SUMMARY: Colorado National Guard soldiers pose with trumpets in Leadville, Lake County, Colorado,
during a mining labor strike of the Western Federation of Miners.
A rack of rifles are seen against interior canvas tent walls.

Dave Richoux from KFJC writes...
Hey Captain, I came across this photo at the Foothill Flea market yesterday
and though you might be interested in it.
The scan shows the band in the foreground - the rest is a group of
people on horseback and on wagons in some western Texas or Oklahoma
town circa 1875 -1890 or so. The horns look like some sorts of large
kazoos but not much like the Zobo horns on your website. I have done
dome investigations into the Oneto Tribe with no results...

1896 ANTIQUE MUSEUM QUALITY VINTAGE ZOBO
This item is as much a cultural treasure as it is a musical history collectible!
You are bidding on a veryÊunusual turn of the century ZOBO. The ZOBO, also known as mirliton,
eunuch flute, kazoo, etc. are members of a class of instruments known as membranophones.
They are attributed to Africa where membranes in ceremonial masks were used as voice disguisers
in religious ceremonies. These were used to simulate voices of "spirits of the dead" and were
basically used as weapons of intimidation, not as musical instruments. At the turn of the century,
the ZOBO became very popular in ZOBO Bands (much like today's kazoo bands). The ZOBO allowed
non-musical individuals to participate in musical events. ZOBO bands were found in schools,
military units and for Sunday concerts in the city center's band stands.