The large flute
Viljevo, the middle of the 19th century
Roko Djakovac
wood (elder)
trimming, drilling, ignition
length = 38 cm
diameter = 3,5 cm
length from the side to the bottom of the instrument = 33,2 cm
distance from the side to the first finger-hole = 11,8 cm
distance between the finger-holes = 1,7 - 1,9 cm
Soundtrack: Stjepan Večković, playing the described instrument from the museum collection
POH-450/1920
The Collection of Musical instruments by Franjo Ksaver Kuhač
The large wooden flute is made using chiseling technique, while the tube within the flute is drilled using a drill. The flute is simple and it has no ornaments, and according to Kuhač is is tuned to A-major. Kuhač wrote the tones next to each hole respectively - from higher tones to lower (Gis - empty; Fis; D; Cis; H; A; G). The holes are drilled and burned.
sekundarna/fonoteka/2017/az-11_krupna_svirala_(viljevo)/14 - krupna svirala (viljevo) - 450.mp3
This kind of large flute was used as a shepherd’s instrument. The instrument was made by Roko Djakovac from Viljevo, Slavonija, who gave it to Kuhač for his Collection. Luknjice, or finger slots are egg shaped, and Kuhač writes that this shape indicates “a longtime pattern in the way our fluters play, because these egg shaped luknjice are the easiest to close with your fingers and thus prevent air outlet.” (Kuhač 1877: 9)
