bucium

thumb|200px|1921 photo of a shepherd with a trâmbiță, in Giulești (Maramureş|Maramureș). thumb|300px|A mural in Voroneț Monastery showing an [[angel playing a bucium at the onset of the Last Judgement.]] thumb | right | alt=Romanian stamp showing a bucium thumb | right thumb | right The bucium (, also called trâmbiță or tulnic) is a type of alphorn from Romania and Moldova. The word is derived from Latin bucinum, originally meaning "curved horn", an instrument used by the Romans. The word is a cognate with English "bugle".

A bucium may have either a straight or curved tube, and may be conical throughout its entire length or only in the bell. Its tube, which measures 1.5 to over 3 meters in length, may be made from fir, ash, limetree, or hazel wood and bound with birch, cherry, or lime bark. Northern Romanian versions of the bucium may incorporate metal as well. Most versions of the bucium are played by blowing into a trumpet-shaped wooden mouthpiece.