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I have found what I will call a Eunich Horn, although it was known as "La flûte de l'eunuque" in France during the 16th and 17th century. It has a vibrating diaphragm in the ball chamber that is activated by speaking or whistling at the hole in the side, somewhat like a kazoo or didgeridoo. The diaphragm is made of "goldbeater's skin". It seems possible that scrotum skin may have been used in the making some instruments, and therefore influenced the name.
Eunich's Horn
https://mimo-international.com/MIMO/doc/IFD/OAI_CIMU_ALOES_0159298/flute-eunuque

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Flûte eunuque

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I think not, yet it does intrigue me. A horn, and a diaphragm in a chamber, that are resonant at the same frequency could produce interesting sounds when stimulated either abruptly or smoothly.
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The rabbit-hole for the hulusi lead me to the Calabash gourd, a rather shapely fruit that can attain great size, one reportedly weighing over 200 pounds. This revelation made me reconsider Jimmy Durante's famous closing expression "Goodnight Mrs Calabash, wherever you are!"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calabash

species of plant

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