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Although we usually think of horns as being made of brass, the oldest and simplest of these instruments were commonly made of animal horn. The conical shape of animal horns used as signal or ritual instruments was retained in more sophisticated horns of metal and wood. This signalling horn, made of two carved-out wooden halves and wrapped with brown leather, sounds f# and f#¹.
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Title: Hunting Horn
Date: 17th century
Geography: France
Culture: French
Medium: Wood, leather, ivory or composition material
Dimensions: Length: ca. 73.2 cm (29-1/4 in.), Diam. of bell: 7.2 cm (2-7/8 in.)
Classification: Aerophone-Lip Vibrated-horn
Credit Line: The Crosby Brown Collection of Musical Instruments, 1889
Object Number: 89.4.1133
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