The chinese gourd flute, hulusi, is made from a fairly small gourd. Stan
On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 4:10 PM, Marsbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My mother used to grow ornamental gourds. They were like different > shaped pumpkins and had very hard skin and very watery insides like > vegetable marrows or zucchini that just dried up and left the hard shell and > a few seeds maybe rattling inside. The larger ones you could carefully cut > the top off and clean out and they would make good water containers. You > really only see them used in African instruments these days but it depends > where you are I guess. > > > > Fi > > > > *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On > Behalf Of *sylvain gagnon mini moteur 2000 inc > *Sent:* Sunday, 28 September 2008 8:54 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [HG] Harpe de Gourde > > > > "harpe de gourde" is in french gourde is a container to put water > when you are in desert , or the recipient the armed forces guys put > water inside ,, it can look coconut shell,,, or alluminium bottle > with green cloth cover all around ..or ? gourde is a water container .. > bye sylvain >
