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Viola T. Dobosi: Ékszerek, hangszerek, különös tárgyak a magyarországi őskőkorban

34 VIOLA 'Г. DOBOSI Fig. 1. a: Head piece of a Blockflöte b

—c: The bone flute found in the Istállóskő cave 1. ábra a: Blockflöte fejrésze b—

с: Az istállóskői csontfuvola — The raw material of the instrument can modify the tune — and last but not least, the intensity and angle of blowing used by the player play an important role as well. Instead of using the origin al bone flute

1 during the first sounding trials, I carried out my experiments with a copy of it which was made with the synthetic resin eporezit R3 by. J. Lőrincz Working in the Restoration Department of the Hungarian National Museum. Its dimensions are the same as those of the original flute. Temporarily I completed the copy with wax. Since its margin is damaged, and broken, I shaped the (blowing) aperture into a slightly oval form (Fig. 1, b. hole № 3). I closed the end of the flute near the aperture and completed the 1 Horusitzky, Z., Acta Arch. Hung. 5 (1955) 133. The detailed description of the flute with dimensions.