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Pūtōrino (puutoorino): traditional Maori musical instrument.

Played as a flute and as a horn (Wind instrument).

In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, wind instruments are classed as aerophones.

Often listed in ethnography as a flageolet or as a 'bugle flute'.

Knowledge around this instrument can be confusing and fragmented. "A kind of flute blown by the mouth, the end being placed just below the chin. Another form was played by blowing through it, and was a kind of flageolet. He putorino ta Tutanekai(N.109)." (Williams, 2001. p.317)

"The pūtorino is known for its wide range of voices; for instance, The male voice (trumpet) and female voice (flute). The putorino varies in length from 9 to 20 inches and has an uneven bore, swelling out to the centre and diminishing... towards the lower end, where (it) is narrow, and has a very small opening... The outer shape is carved from a solid piece of wood, split in half lengthwise, hollowed out... and then... (bound) together again... At the widest (central) part... there is an opening (often represented as and) shaped like a... mouth... (Many) are decorated at both ends with carved figures... (As well a being played as a flute using the oblique, cross-blown or diagonal embouchure/technique) It can (also) be played with bugle technique... (and) variations of pitch can be produced by... (stopping and opening) the central opening." Māori music: Traditional musical instruments; Trumpet/Flute