Manualism (hand music)

Playing recognizable tunes by squeezing the hands together is extremely difficult, and could take many years of practice to master the art.

[3] Bass notes may be produced by squeezing the air pocket out the opposite side, near the pinky finger.

The footage documents a farmer named Cecil Dill from Traverse City, Michigan, who claims that he first learned to play "Yankee Doodle" in 1914.

He provided audio for the Barney Miller episode "The Dentist," first aired December 27, 1979, in which a manualist musician is hauled in for disturbing the peace.

He has performed on a number of Yankovic's songs, and appeared in the music videos for "I Love Rocky Road" in 1983, and "Headline News" in 1994.