Rozhok

[1] It is also known as Vladimirskiy rozhok, (Russian: Владимирский рожок, meaning "Vladimir horn").

It is possible that the name rozhok was used for the instrument later, and that in the earliest written sources it was simply called a pipe.

A mouthpiece is cut in the form of a small cup, and the lower end of the tube is shaped like a conical bell.

[citation needed] In the past they were made in the same manner as a shepherd's rozhok, in which two halves are fastened together with birch bark; today they are turned.

Rozhok ensembles usually consist of just vizgunok and bas instruments in the ratio 2:1 (twice as many high-pitched horns).