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James Rowland Ward 1848–1912. James Rowland Ward (12 May 1848 – 28 December 1912) was a British taxidermist and founder of the firm Rowland Ward Limited of Piccadilly, London. The company specialised in and was renowned for its taxidermy work on birds and big-game trophies, but it did other types of work as well.
In the end, Roland blows the horn, but the force required bursts his temple, resulting in his death. [5] Roland's use of the olifant may have popularized it as the quintessential "hero's horn." [1] The Karlamagnussaga elaborates (V. c.XIV) that Roland's olifant was a unicorn's horn, hunted in India.
Giant elands have tightly spiraled, V-shaped horns. The giant elands are spiral-horned antelopes. Despite its common name, this species broadly overlaps in size with the common eland (Taurotragus oryx). However, the giant eland is somewhat larger on average than the common eland and is thus the largest species of antelope in the world.
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The saxhorns form a family of seven brass instruments (although at one point ten different sizes seem to have existed). Designed for band use, they are pitched alternately in E ♭ and B ♭, like the saxophone group. Modern saxhorns still manufactured and in use: B ♭ soprano saxhorn: flugelhorn [1] E ♭ alto/tenor saxhorn: alto/tenor horn
The technique is not unique to cornets, but has also been used for the traditional animal-horn horns, such as the shofur [47] and Slovak shepherd's horn, as well as for folk horns such as the Russian rozhok. Girolamo dalla Casa wrote about how the coronet should sound when played, and in doing so revealed other ways it could sound as well. He ...
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] Ed. Kruspe; Engelbert Schmid [5] F. E. Olds; Finke [6] Gebr. Alexander; Hans Hoyer [7] Herbert Fritz Knopf [8 ...
A lur, also lure or lurr, is a long natural blowing horn without finger holes that is played with a brass-type embouchure. Lurs can be straight or curved in various shapes. The purpose of the curves was to make long instruments easier to carry (e.g. for marching, like the modern sousaphone) and to avoid directing the loud noise at nearby people.