Tuohitorvi
Maker
Jarkko Aallonloiske
Date1996-1997
Place MadeTurku, Finland, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedHand-written at bell end with black felt tip pen: Jarkko / Aallonloiske – 96/97DescriptionWillow branch, made in two halves, with birch-bark cover; bell wrapped-around birch-bark without wooden core, held together by split wooden pin; integral cup-shaped mouthpiece.
Two types of birch-bark trumpets (tuohitorvi) can be distinguished in Finland: straight and crooked. This instrument represents a crooked example, reflecting the natural growth of the willow branch. It combines two methods of construction, birch-bark wound around a wooden core and wound around itself.
DimensionsHeight/Tube length: ca. 1180 mm
Bore (throat): 3.4 mm
Bell diameter: ca. 58 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Heikki Moisio, Turku, Finland.
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. 32, 280.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07297
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1970-1973 ca.