Truba

Truba 1. Russ., Ruth.: trumpet; 2. rural trumpet of Yugoslavia, made of ash tree bark in early spring, up to 1.50 m. (5 ft.) long; 3. shepherd's trumpet of Lithuania, equivalent to the alphorn, made in 2 forms: a) a straight, conical tube made of a log that has been split twice, i.e., into 4 sections, covered with bark and bound with cane. Ca. 1 m. (40 in.) long; b) an S-shaped tube similar to the 15th-c. European trumpet, also made of the split sections of a log, these being glued together…