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Thread #111446   Message #2348715
Posted By: Jack Campin
25-May-08 - 08:08 AM
Thread Name: Medieval instrument question
Subject: RE: Medieval instrument question
I doubt if there was a pottery ocarina in mediaeval Europe. Horn is easier to work than clay, there was no shortage of horn, and mediaeval European ceramic technology wasn't up to much.   But you can't tell an ocarina and a gemshorn apart by sound, so in situations where nobody's looking they're interchangeable (like a shawm and a saxophone).