It is constructed with wood and the only metal section is the bell. There are some octavins that resemble the tarogato yet with a smaller taper. These have wooden bells and are straight rather than conical. It was created in C and B flat with a range of G?3 to G6. According to a piece of a writer known as Altenberg, there is a bass octavin which is an octave lower. Sound is produced through plucking strings whenever the respective keys are pressed. Pressing a key raises the designated plectrum on another end. The string is plucked by this and this turns so it does not make contact with the string downwards. History The harpsichord was invented in the Middle Ages. If you strike the head, a cracking sound is produced because the bottom head is against which the snares vibrate. The snares could be controlled with a lever placed on the strainer so that the sound produced will only be like a tom-tom. A technique called rim shots is used when one stick strikes the rim and head simultaneously. The portion where you blow into is the mouthpiece which is usually constructed from metal, hard rubber, or styrene plastic. The part that creates the sound is the reed. It is made of cane that serves as a membrane to the mouthpiece opening. While the sax is being played, the reed is caught in between the mouthpiece and the saxophone player s lip. It was not used in symphonies until Beethoven wrote parts for it in his 5th symphony. Michael Janusch, a flute teacher, created the multi-key piccolo. It was like the flute with 6 keys which was traditional at that time. This gave rose to its development during the 19th century. The piccolo was also invented in D-flat which was used in many famous solos but is not heard of in the modern times. In the centuries that passed, mandolins were developed to have frets and strings doubled to courses and a smaller lute called mandora emerged in the 4th century. Then, a petite gut-strung mandola called mandolino which had six strings grew in some areas in Italy. It was also referred to as a mandolin in Naples around 1735.