From Steve Fox's site where new taragato's are made: The taragato (Hungarian, plural taragatok), alias taragot or torogoata (Romanian), used traditionally in Eastern European folk music, has recently begun to reach a wider Western audience due to increasing interest in world music and its use in klezmer music.
The taragato of the present day bears very little resemblance to the instrument bearing the same name in earlier times. Before the mid 19th century, the term referred to keyless, conical bored, double reed instruments - shawms, generically speaking - which took a number of forms: straight or curved body, simple or with beadlike knobs; with an integral wooden bell or a metal bell.
The taragato of the present day bears very little resemblance to the instrument bearing the same name in earlier times. Before the mid 19th century, the term referred to keyless, conical bored, double reed instruments - shawms, generically speaking - which took a number of forms: straight or curved body, simple or with beadlike knobs; with an integral wooden bell or a metal bell.
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