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End-blown horn
Vernacular name:Tuohitorvi
Date: 1995 ca.
Place Made:Finland, Europe
Serial No: none
Signednone
Markingsnone
DescriptionBirch bark wrapped around itself in a single coil; inserted wooden tube serving as funnel-shaped mouthpiece. Tourist instrument.
DimensionsHeight: 116 mm
Tube length: ca. 310 mm
Bore diameter (initial): 9 mm
Bell diameter: ca. 77
Tube length: ca. 310 mm
Bore diameter (initial): 9 mm
Bell diameter: ca. 77
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Jaakko Rislakko, Finland.
Terms
Credit Line: Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Not on view
Published ReferencesKlaus, Sabine Katharina. Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), p. 280.
Object number: 07291