End-blown horn
Alternate name(s)
- Shepherd's horn
Date1990 ca.
Place MadeHungary, Europe
Serial No.None
SignedNoneMarkingsNoneDescriptionCow horn with carved floral, star, and geometric patterns, filled with white pigments; integral mouthpiece.Typical Hungarian shepherd’s horn with characteristic folklorist decoration.
DimensionsHeight: 178 mm
Tube length (including mouthpiece): ca. 210 mm
Bore diameter (beginning mouthpiece, minimum): 19 mm, 7 mm
Bell Diameter: 50 mm
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), pp. 9, 273.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07363
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1850 ca.