# Looking to acquire an instrument \[Jingling Johnny or Turkish Crescent\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [April 26, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817 "2021-04-26T22:27:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/1 "2021-04-26T22:27:42Z")
Where might one acquire a jingling johnny? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/2 "2021-04-26T23:52:23Z")
It might help if you told us what one of those is. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/3 "2021-04-26T23:56:24Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > jingling johnny A quick google, clicking “Shopping,” reveals… [https://www.google.com/search?q=jingling+johnny&safe=active&rlz=1C1CHBF\_enUS798US798&sxsrf=ALeKk00YAboDWt6My08sROCSoHuCH\_OfMQ:1619481327039&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjunN-Jjp3wAhWsHzQIHRGODQIQ\_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1366&bih=657](https://www.google.com/search?q=jingling+johnny&safe=active&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS798US798&sxsrf=ALeKk00YAboDWt6My08sROCSoHuCH_OfMQ:1619481327039&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjunN-Jjp3wAhWsHzQIHRGODQIQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1366&bih=657) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/4 "2021-04-26T23:58:59Z")
Here is a good example of a “jingling johnny”: > **[Jingling Johnny](https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_606579)** > > This jingling johnny, also known as a Turkish crescent, with maker and provenance unknown, was made in the 19th century. It has a stained wood handle, with a brass canopy with clapper bells and a bird on an orb and crescent with clapper bells. Below... The are usually not mounted on a platform such as this, and are played by shaking them up and down. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/5 "2021-04-27T00:00:12Z")
Found an actual one for $250. Is this the sort of thing folks often make? > **[Rend Collective Jingling Johnny (Turkish Crescent) | Reverb](https://reverb.com/item/33104160-rend-collective-jingling-johnny-turkish-crescent)** > > The unique Jingling Johnny! Made famous by Garett Gilkeson of Rend Collective. The previous owner bought it handmade from Rend Collective. Highly recommended for folk bands, or those looking to do something different.Light wear on the pole, but in no... ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/6 "2021-04-27T00:03:04Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > A quick google, clicking “Shopping,” reveals… > > [jingling johnny - Google Shopping](https://www.google.com/search?q=jingling+johnny&safe=active&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS798US798&sxsrf=ALeKk00YAboDWt6My08sROCSoHuCH_OfMQ:1619481327039&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjunN-Jjp3wAhWsHzQIHRGODQIQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1366&bih=657) Unfortunately, those are all small toy models of the real thing. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/7 "2021-04-27T00:20:32Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Unfortunately, those are all small toy models of the real thing. Right, Chronos was asking what they were (and I didn’t know either). Thought we might get lucky. I see wikipedia redirects to “Turkish Crescent” and gives some other names. > **Turkish jingle** , **Jingling Johnny** ,[[4]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_crescent#cite_note-Ozan-4) **Schellenbaum** [[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_crescent#cite_note-5) (Ger.), **chapeau chinois** [[6]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_crescent#cite_note-6) or _ **pavillon chinois** _ (Fr.) [wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_crescent) ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/8 "2021-04-27T00:32:24Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Where might one acquire a jingling johnny? In the Ottoman Empire ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/9 "2021-04-27T01:12:24Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > In the Ottoman Empire Follow-up question, then: Where might one acquire a TARDIS? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/10 "2021-04-27T01:17:53Z")
It’s not a completely stupid answer: since such instruments are used in [mehter music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janissary_Music), Turkish music stores would tend to have them [http://www.istanbulmehter.com/index.php/mehter-ekipmanlari/cevgen/cevgen-1-detail.html](http://www.istanbulmehter.com/index.php/mehter-ekipmanlari/cevgen/cevgen-1-detail.html) and maybe you can find one with an honest reputation that is willing to deliver… ---
**Author:** ![gnarator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gnarator/32/8266_2.png) [@gnarator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnarator)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/11 "2021-04-27T01:30:39Z")
There seems to be many DIY descriptions for them. OP, a store specializing in percussion instruments may have one for sale, if DIY isn’t your thing. I saw one once at the orchestra; can’t remember the piece it was used for. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/12 "2021-04-27T01:35:16Z")
> [@gnarator](#): > > There seems to be many DIY descriptions for them. If I had to, I could build something in the shape of a guitar…but it wouldn’t be something an actual guitar player would touch with a ten foot pole. An actual Turkish Crescent/Jingling Johnny is a musical instrument beyond my ability to create. ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/13 "2021-04-27T03:47:41Z")
Let’s give the folks in the cafe a chance at this one. Moving from GQ to CS. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/14 "2021-04-27T05:56:09Z")
Lark doesn’t list any; how about a stumpf fiddle? > **[Stumph Fiddle, 3 strings, 72](https://larkinthemorning.com/products/vio103?_pos=1&_sid=c7a85c02c&_ss=r&variant=52877857427)** > > A tambourine body, bells, jingles, cymbals and carved head, 3 tunable strings. \*\*\*This item will be available for shipment after December 8th\*\*\* ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/15 "2021-04-27T06:56:32Z")
The closest I’ve seen is the lagerphone, that folk bands use. It’s a bunch of bottle caps nailed onto a broom handle. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/16 "2021-04-27T08:02:31Z")
Jingling Johnny? Isn’t that what guys do at the urinal to keep the last three drops from going down their pants? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2021, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-to-acquire-an-instrument-jingling-johnny-or-turkish-crescent/940817/17 "2021-04-27T13:48:38Z")
I updated the title to make it easier for additional posters to help.