Item:Translucent ghost-tin sreldze with deep purple tyrium rings and a horn-shaped bell
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| translucent ghost-tin sreldze with deep purple tyrium rings and a horn-shaped bell | |
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| Look: | White ghost-tin forms the slender pipe and broad bell of this sreldze, the bell flaring into the curve of an animal horn. Its semi-translucent surface reveals dark shadows suspended within the metal, branching beneath the polished exterior. A single reed sits beneath a sculpted mouthpiece of blackened silver, while rings of deep purple tyrium frame each finger hole. Fine blackened silver tracery follows the bell's outer curve, ending in a toothed border that echoes the reed's delicate cut. |
| Weight: | Unknown |
| Metal: | Yes |
| Appraised Cost: | Unknown |
| Properties: | This is an instrument.
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| Instrument Properties: | This wind instrument is:
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| Dimensions: | ? length x ? width x ? height |
| Sources: | Source is Musiceum (11) |
You search your mind for what you know of the ghost-tin sreldze...
The sreldze is a traditional Rakash single-reed wind instrument named for the Rakash word meaning 'pain', an allusion to its piercing, mournful voice. It consists of a short wooden pipe fitted with a vibrating reed at the mouthpiece, several finger holes along its length, and a flared animal-horn bell that helps project its sound. Blowing through the mouthpiece causes the reed to oscillate, producing a bright, nasal timbre whose pitch is altered by covering or uncovering the finger holes. Its limited diatonic range and expressive, penetrating tones make the sreldze particularly suited to melodic solos, laments, and songs of remembrance.