Talk:Carnyx

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[edit] Recent Carnyx find

There was a find of four really well preserved carnyxes from gaul in the last couple of years, sothe article needs to be updated. I will try and dig out that material over this weekend, but if anyone else has it to hand, please update the article. --Nantonos 12:14, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

It is perhaps worth mentioning that there are two distinct interpretations of how a carnyx was played. John Kenny has built a replica, which he plays on several albums, and plays it like a Swiss Alpenhorn i.e. using his mouth. However a recent documentary on the Romans reconstructed one as a kind of wind-harp. There were whistles or jangles placed inside the opening. The player would either hold it into the wind, causing a whistling or humming sound (rather unlikely, given that the sound would be blown AWAY from the enemy) - or else he would run towards the enemy, and the breeze that resulted caused the wailing sound. It look many attemps to produce anything loud enough of wierd enough to frighten an enemy. Ogg 10:17, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

I can't remember when the documentary was broadcast, or who the scholars were. It must have been on UK television between 2004 and 2005. Sorry I can't be more helpful. Ogg 19:09, 7 August 2007 (UTC)