The double whistle
Turopolje, the 1st half of the 19th century
wood (maple)
trimming, drilling, sawing, ignition

 

length = 31,5 cm

 

Soundtrack: Lana Moslavac, playing the described instrument from the museum collection

 

POH-466/1920
The Collection of Musical instruments by Franjo Ksaver Kuhač

Description

The double whistle is made of maple and decorated with burned ornaments. One whistle has three playing holes and the other has four.

Audio recordings

sekundarna/fonoteka/2017/az-43_dvojnice_-_turopolje/466.mp3

Note

“The name double whistle says that the music made by this instrument is always to be dual which it really always is.” (Kuhač 1878:1)

The instrument was used as a shepherd’s flute.

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