Musicology Annotation << Back Musical Instruments of Karelian Shepherds. Their Construction and Geographic Range Natalia S. Мikhailova The article summarizes the contents of published and archived sources, museum collections and the author’s field research. It reveals the basic information about the materials, producing technology of the instruments, their geographic range, as well as the role of these instruments in shepherds’ everyday work and village people’s everyday life. Key words: shepherd, musical instruments, shepherds’ horns. E-mail: koski@onego.ru