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The man of the Tooterix.
This is the instrument he made of old motor-horns, claxons, cymbals, sirens and loud cracks. He banged it all with virtuosity, whether it concerned a boogie-woogie or a classic piece of Bach or Haydn.
But it's not only the self-made tooterix he worked with. Alternatively he grabbed his mouth-organ, clarinet - a straight or a wiggling one -, concertina, guitar, banjo and instruments made of cowbells or wineglasses. 

A hurricane he was. In half an hour to 45 minutes he took the audience by surprise with his special performance.  As was the good practice in the old variety theatre: skillfully built, polished and kept up. Think only of all the instruments! But the onlooker just enjoyed the delightful nonsense. 
Moving was Rix also in his creation of the 'real' clown, all one with the tiniest concertina in the world in his sturdy fists. However beautifully he played his mouth-organ or clarinet, he would always be the clown, fighting the orchestra or the microphone and flirting with his audience.
He loved to play in floorshows, in the midst of the audience and have his movements closely watched.

Entertainer of international fame, who performed for television and in theatres all over the world.
Alone, accompanied by orchestra or combo. But also with Willem Breuker and his world-famous jazz brass band, with whom Rix used to work regularly. 


Today Toby can look back on a wonderful carričre.
 
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