Giuseppe Donati was the inventor of the classical ocarina

Ocarina

The ocarina is an ancient flute-like wind instrument. Variations do exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body...

, a ceramic wind instrument based on the principle of a Helmholtz resonator.

Legend has it that a 17 year-old Giuseppe created his first "little goose" ("ocarina" in Italian dialect) in 1853 whilst still working as a brickmaker. His first ocarina-making workshop was in his hometown of Budrio

Budrio

Budrio is a town and comune in the province of Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy; it is located 15 km E of Bologna.Budrio has two high schools, including a lyceum, a post office, banks, a communal theatre, a swimming pool and several squares...

. When he moved to larger premises in Bologna

Bologna

Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

 in 1878, a fellow musician of the Gruppo Ocarinistico, Cesare Vicinelli, continued the Budrio workshop.

External links

• Budrio Ocarina Museum