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Olifant (instrument) Roland blows his olifant to summon help in the midst of the Battle of Roncevaux. Olifant (also known as oliphant) was the name applied in the Middle Ages to a type of carved ivory hunting horn created from elephant tusks. [1] Olifants were most prominently used in Europe from roughly the tenth to the sixteenth century ...
The Venus of Brassempouy, about 25,000 BP. 11th-century Anglo-Saxon ivory cross reliquary of walrus ivory. Ivory carving is the carving of ivory, that is to say animal tooth or tusk, generally by using sharp cutting tools, either mechanically or manually. Objects carved in ivory are often called "ivories". Humans have ornamentally carved ivory ...
A musician who plays the German horn is called a horn player (or, less frequently, a hornist). Pitch is controlled through the adjustment of lip tension in the mouthpiece and the operation of valves by the left hand, which route the air into extra tubing. German horns have lever-operated rotary valves.
Batik craftswomen in Java, Indonesia Savisiipi handicrafts store in Pori, Finland A handicraft Selling-Factory shop, Isfahan, Iran Artesanato Mineiro. A handicraft is a traditional main sector of craft making and applies to a wide range of creative and design activities that are related to making things with one's hands and skill, including work with textiles, moldable and rigid materials ...
The list of horn makers spans all time, and not all still exist. Andreas Jungwirth [ 1] Atkinson Brass and Company [ 2] Briz Horn Company. Buescher Band Instrument Company. C.G. Conn. Christopher Cornford [ 3] Daniel Rauch. Dieter Otto [ 4]
Holton-Farkas. Holton-Farkas is a product line of French horns and mouthpieces created through the joint venture of musical instrument manufacturer Frank Holton & Co. and legendary horn virtuoso Philip Farkas. The first model was released in 1958, and although no new models are being made (Farkas died in 1992), the series is still being ...
The dord is a bronze horn native to Ireland, [ 1 ] with excavated examples dating back as far as 1000 BC, during the Bronze Age. A number of original dords are known to exist, [citation needed] with some replicas also being built in the late 20th century. [ 2 ][ 3 ] Though the musical tradition of the dord has been lost, some modern performers ...
Recorder. The gemshorn is an instrument of the ocarina family that was historically made from the horn of a chamois, goat, or other suitable animal. [1] The gemshorn receives its name from the German language, in which Gemshorn means a "chamois horn". [2] According to Etymologist Francesco Perono Cacciafoco, the form could have prehistoric ...