Gemshorns

Here are some basic instructions to make an instrument first seen in the 15th century. The original fingering may well have been very different but the suggestion here complies with a modern recorder which will make it easier for most people to play.

Descriptions, photos, history, and sounds of instruments used in performing early music. Includes the bagpipe, bladder pipe, cornamuse, crumhorn, dulcian, dulcimer, gamba, gemshorn, harp, harpsichord, hirtenschalmei, hurdy-gurdy, kortholt, lizard, lute, mute cornett, organetto, percussion, pipe and tabor, psaltery, rackett, rauschpfeife, rebec, recorder, sacbut, schalmei, serpent, shawm, shofar, transverse flute, viol, and zink.