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End-blown horn

End-blown horn

Vernacular name:Tuohitorvi
Date: 1997
Place Made:Turku, Finland, Europe
Serial No: none
SignedHand-writed at bell end in black felt-tip pen: Jarkko / Aallonloiske –97.
Markingsnone
DescriptionBirch bark wrapped around itself and held together with a split wooden pin at the bell end; no specifically-shaped mouthpiece.
DimensionsHeight: ca. 514 mm
Tube length: ca. 530 mm
Bore diameter (initial): 21 mm
Bell diameter: 100 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Jaakko Rislakki, Finland.
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), pp. 24, 280.
Object number: 07298