Bucium

The bucium (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈbutʃjum], also called trâmbiţă or tulnic) is a type of alphorn from Romania and Moldova.

[1] The word is derived from Latin bucinum,[2] originally meaning "curved horn", an instrument used by the Romans.

A bucium may have either a straight or curved tube, and may be conical throughout its entire length or only in the bell.

Its tube, which measures 1.5 to over 3 meters in length, may be made from fir, ash, limetree, or hazel wood and bound with birch, cherry, or lime bark.

[1] Trâmbiţa (from the old Germanic trumba, "to trumpet") produces sounds altogether different from those of the alphorn.