Brian Fitzgerald

2026-01-22 16:22:39

Imagine that...

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.

https://mimo-international.com/MIMO/doc/IFD/OAI_CIMU_ALOES_0159298/flute-eunuque

#unicorn #eunuch-horn

Flûte eunuque

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