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Tartold

The tartold is a double reed instrument from the Renaissance era with a bore formed from cylindrical metal tubing bent into a spiral. The bore is fitted into an outer body shaped and painted to resemble a dragon with an upturned head with the mouth acting as the bell. There are seven front fingerholes along the dragon's spine and a thumbole on the opposite surface. Five tartolds (forming a single set) are known to exist and are on display at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. They were built in the first half of the sixteenth century in southern Germany and it is thought that they were made and played as theater or carnival instruments.