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all, blood relations, for the Hindoos, the Polynesians (including 

 the Maori), and Mr. Warren are all three Caucasians, all three 

 have trumpets, and all three use the same instrument for th*> 

 same purposes. 



Notes on Dr. Newman's Maori Trumpet. 

 By W. H. Warren. 



I may say at the outset that, owing to the peculiar oval- 

 shaped wooden mouthpiece, which is very rough on the lips, it 

 is well-nigh impossible to produce any of the lengthy bugle-calls, 

 such as the " Reveille " and " First Post," as can be done with 

 comparatively little effort on the regulation B-flat bugle. 



The tones that the instrument gives out are very similar to 

 those of a bugle, but it cannot be made to produce the lowest C 

 of the pakeha instrument. Such calls as the " Dress for Parade." 

 " Rouse," and " Last Post " cannot, therefore, be played in 

 their entirety. 



The staff notation of the Maori instrument is : — 



I 



¥ 



-&- 



and that of the B flat bugle 



-&- 



It will thus be seen that the Maori trumpet is capable of pro- 

 ducing four notes. The lowest, however, is hardly as clear as the 

 G of the brass bugle, and the lips of the performer require to be 

 in exceptionally good form to produce with any degree of success 

 its highest note. The two middle notes, G and B, can be produced 

 with exceptional clearness, and are, in fact, far more pleasant 

 to the ear than the C and E of the brass instrument. 



Appended is a list of the calls which are most suited to the 

 Maori trumpet, which when sounded would assuredly astound 

 the average regimental sergeant-major when that portly non- 

 commissioned officer was asked to believe that the tones did 

 not emanate from the military bugle in every-day use. 



