VINTAGE OZARK OCARINA ("SWEET POTATO")
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A VINTAGE OCARINA WITH ORIGINAL BOX, ABOUT 6" BY 3", COMPLETE WITH ITS OLD INSTRUCTION SHEET. "The ocarina is a very old family of instruments, believed to date back some 12,000 years . Ocarina-type instruments have been of particular importance in Chinese and Mesoamerican cultures. For the Chinese, the instrument played an important role in their long history of song and dance. The ocarina has similar features to the Xun , another important Chinese instrument. Different expeditions to Mesoamerica , including the one conducted by Cortés , resulted in the introduction of the ocarina to the courts of Europe . Both the Mayans and Aztecs had produced versions of the ocarina, but it was the Aztecs who brought the song and dance that accompanied the ocarina to Europe . The ocarina went on to become popular in European communities as a toy instrument. Its common use in Western countries dates back to the 19th century in Budrio , a town near Bologna , Italy , w Giuseppe Donati transformed the ocarina from a toy, which only played a few notes, into a more comprehensive instrument (known as the first "classical" ocarinas). The word ocarina is derived from Italian meaning "little goose ." The earlier form was known in Europe as a gemshorn ; which was made from animal horns of the Gemsbok . Budrio continues its tradition in the form of the
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