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Description: | The ocarina was invented Giuseppe Donati around 1860. The instrument was an immediate success, and an ocarina industry soon developed in Donati's home town of Budrio, with other makers keen to capitalise on the instrument's popularity. This example was made by Donati around a decade after he had invented the instrument.
Ocarina, vessel flute with duct. A rectangular stamp on the body adjacent to the mouthpiece reads: 'GIUS.DONATI/INVENTE.E.FABBE./BUDRIO'. The terracotta vessel, circular in cross section, is pointed at one end and rounded at the other. There are eight fingerholes along one side, arranged roughly into two rows, and two thumb holes on the reverse side. The holes allow a full diatonic scale to be played. A mouthpiece, oval in cross section, extends from the top side and is angled towards the rounded end. It has a mouth hole at the end, and a round mouth or window close to the body on its underside. A round stamp is impressed into the side of the mouthpiece. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | vessel flutes ocarinas ceramic paint | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-15888 |
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