Manneri
The Mänkeri is a traditional Finnish wind instrument with a simple reed . It was played mainly in southwest Finland (and Estonia) until the beginning of the 20th century. In the 1980s it was reconstructed by Pekka Westerholm from surviving examples.
The instrument's melody tube consists of a cylindrically drilled or hollowed piece of pine wood (also made of bone). The sound is produced by a reed that is made from a strip of juniper wood and tied to the beveled upper end of the sound tube. At the lower end a bell can be attached, which is wrapped from birch bark or made from juniper. Originally, the instrument mostly had 3–5 finger holes , shapes without finger holes are also documented. In later times, more finger holes could be made to expand the range. The total length of the instrument varies between 10 and 30 centimeters.
The name can be interpreted in Finnish as "pine flute". Little is known about the history of the instrument. Presumably it originated with shepherds as a signaling instrument to deter wild animals and for entertainment.
In terms of instruments, the Manneri can be described as Chalumeau and is thus related to the clarinet . It has the characteristic, intense sound of a Folkclarinet . Related instruments include Liru (Eastern Finland), Birbynė, and Schaljka .
The Finnish band The World Mänkeri Orchestra was named after the instrument .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Henk Jansen: Mänkeri en Liru uit het land van de Kalevala (Finland) . In: De Klarinet . No. 24 , p. 17-19 .
- ↑ a b Minna Hokka: Paimensoittimet. Retrieved September 7, 2016 (Finnish).
literature
- Timo Leisiö: Suomen ja karjanen vanhakantaiset torvija pillisoittimet . Kaustinen, Finland 1983.
- Wolfgang Meyering: The lovely sound of the black salsify - a little history of the clarinet. (PDF; 782 kB) Accessed June 14, 2010 .
Web links
- Anna yes Patrik Halia soitto. Retrieved June 13, 2010 .
- Mänkeri (folk clarinet) - Heikki Syrjänen. Retrieved July 23, 2012 .