The trumpet - bučina
Irig, the middle of the 19th century
gourd
drying, drilling, cutting
length = 64 cm
diameter of the hole = 14,8 cm
length of pipe = 49 cm
Soundtrack: Stjepan Večković, playing the described instrument from the museum collection
POH-437/1920
The Collection of Musical instruments by Franjo Ksaver Kuhač
The bučina (gourd tumpet) is made of dried gourd, the bottom round half is cut, it is cleaned using twigs or wire and deseeded.
sekundarna/fonoteka/2017/az-22_bucina_truba_(srijem)/1 - bučina truba (srijem) - 437.mp3
The bučina or buša is called bušo or pirgeta in Srijem. When it is not made into an instrument, people call it hrg, jurgeta, krga and duganja, and in the northwestern part of Croatia šef. The bučina was used as an instrument during carnival for making noise.
