I took this to a band party and the bell actually comes off making a perfect shot glass

He can singshatter glass, his voice can crumble glass, cut holes in it, and with this power he causes some problems as a child

I'm not sure exactly where Grass is going with the drum metaphor, though Oskar's ability to break glass seems to represent the infamous "night of the broken glass" and the great guilt felt by Germans for the oppression of the Jews

Since others take him for a toddler and he has a tantrum voice that can literally shatter glass, he manages to get his own way, remaining as an anarchic commentator on the fringes while civilization crumbles around him

His second skill is: he can destroy glass by his voice, and he uses that for all kinds of mischief

His second skill is: he can destroy glass by his voice, and he uses that for all kinds of mischief

With his drum Oskar can now break glass, be it may church window, his teacher's eye piece or doctor's mason jars by playing the drum or by just his shrill voice

The Onion Cellar is as flippant an interpretation of "German guilt" as I've ever read; yet it rings true, for that time as well as now.

The embouchure shown in the picture has been replaced with an s-crook mouthpiece to enhance visibility of the keys while playing

It is an allegorical myth of Germany and, in a way, the world between the 1930’s and 1950’s

The embouchure shown in the picture has been replaced with an s-crook mouthpiece to enhance visibility of the keys while playing

It is an allegorical myth of Germany and, in a way, the world between the 1930’s and 1950’s