Unusual Musical Instruments
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Tarogato
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This was the name for a traditional Hungarian instrument which died out. The name was 'recycled' and used for a 20th Century invention, also Hungarian. The Tarogato is like a straight wooden saxophone. It has a clarinet-type mouthpiece but a conical bore, so it sounds more like a saxophone. Tarogato players get cross if you call it a tarogato, because it is actually a t á rogat ó .

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