GOURD TRUMPETS - MEXICA
"the Aztecs used in addition to their conch shell trumpets another type of trumpet,
this second type of trumpet, made of clay or wood, was tubular in shape; trumpets
of this second type often exceeded two feet in length. "
NOTE: Unfortunately no Nahuatl name is given for this instrument in this account
MUSIC IN MEXICO A HISTORICAL SURVEY p12
ROBERT MURRELL STEVENSON
this second type of trumpet, made of clay or wood, was tubular in shape; trumpets
of this second type often exceeded two feet in length. "
NOTE: Unfortunately no Nahuatl name is given for this instrument in this account
MUSIC IN MEXICO A HISTORICAL SURVEY p12
ROBERT MURRELL STEVENSON