Horns Made from Tree Trunks Give Odd Musical Tones (Feb, 1938)
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1938
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Source: Popular Science ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Feb, 1938
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Horns Made from Tree Trunks Give Odd Musical Tones
Horns hollowed out of tree trunks are used by-native musicians in the Tyrol region of Austria. The novel instruments, said to imitate the tone of a cello, are fitted with stops so that they can play all the notes of the scale. Tree bark is left on the horns in the belief that it has a softening effect on the tones of the instruments.
needs to be an audio sample of this unique instrument!
Comment by bruce — February 13, 2008 @ 2:49 pm
Must sound like Serpents an zinks. Where can I go to hear them?
Austria?
Comment by Kevin — February 14, 2008 @ 5:21 am