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Description: | The kulal oboe features in instrumental ensembles that play for Hindu festivals and rituals in Kerala. In the cenda melam, an ensemble led by cenda drums, the function of the kulal section is to embellish and to prolong the beat of the drums. The aim is not to play exactly in the same pitch, but to use fixed tones of a given raga (musical scale) in a measured way to support the rhythm instruments.
Kurum kulal, kuzhal, oboe. The wooden body with conical bore carved of rosewood (veety - Malayalam language) with seven fingerholes and one thumbhole. A length of twisted wool bound to the top of the oboe secures four double reeds (anashe) mounted on staples and a thin wooden mandrel (kambikole). The metal bell is cast of an alloy consisting of seven parts brass (pijala) and three parts zinc (nagam) using the lost wax process. Made in Edakkuny and Peramangalam, Thrissur.
caption: Frontal view of object no. 2001.179.1.
caption: General view of object no. 2001.179.1. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Rights holder: | Horniman Museum and Gardens | Subjects: | oboes 422.112 (Single) reedpipes with double (or quadruple) reeds with conical bore wood metal grass brass wool textile copper alloy | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-113610 | Go to resource |
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