Here's a sort of hybrid instrument: a slide horn. It consists of two lengths of PVC pipe and a connector. The instrument operates according to the principle of the slide trombone or slide whistle. A moveable piece changes the length of the air column and thus varies the sound.
This is a horn made from PVC and a plastic funnel. Maybe the sound resembles that of a huntsman's horn or the ram's horn (shofar) of Jewish ritual.
This is real simple: sections of PVC pipe connected together.
The idea for this instrument came from a children's book about how to make folk instruments. I am not sure what name the author gave this horn. Maybe she referred to it as a plastic bugle or something like that. The design is simple: a length of clear plastic tubing, a plastic funnel and a garden hose attachment. All these parts can be found at a home improvement center. They can then be fastened together with duct tape.
Here's a variation of the above. This instrument is called a hoseaphone (TM) and is featured on at least one website. You can google the word "hoseaphone"(TM) and find out its origin, history, usefulness, etc. My design is more or less faithful to the original. It includes a trumpet mouthpiece. I am not a trumpet player and find this model particularly difficult to "play." The horn shown in the previous video is considerably easier for me.
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