I was pleasantly surprised, during my visit to Hora Musical Instruments, to see how wood “comes to life” and especially how it “speaks” through the sounds emitted by the instruments. This is yet another example of how the forest provides such a versatile material – wood.
Creativity has driven humans, from the very beginning, to explore and process wood, transforming it into various useful tools, including musical instruments, through which they expressed their joys, sadness, and melancholy, conveying the depth of the soul’s emotions through music and sound. Wood has been and still is present in human life and even accompanies the feelings expressed through song.
Famous composers such as Beethoven and Mozart delighted the public with the genius of their creations, highlighted by extraordinary instruments. Music intertwined with the fiber of wood, shaping into perfect harmony to convey the beauty and depth of feelings and creativity, expressed through music and sound.
The instruments we had the chance to admire at the Hora factory “assisted” us like silent witnesses, imposing respect and admiration with their smooth, perfect shapes, but especially with the extraordinary quality given by the resonance and special tone of Carpathian wood.
At HORA S.A., around 70,000 musical instruments are produced, many of which are string instruments such as violins, violas, cellos, double basses, as well as plucked instruments like classical and acoustic guitars, mandolins, bouzoukis, and ukuleles. The resonant wood used, sourced locally from the Carpathian Mountains, includes spruce and maple, and is of the highest quality. In the skilled hands of the luthiers, the wood is shaped and processed to achieve the best acoustic qualities and superior, long-lasting stability. I also saw exotic woods such as ebony, rosewood, mahogany, red cedar, and Brazilian wood being used in the production of the instruments.
The musical instruments produced at HORA S.A. under the careful supervision of Eng. Nicolae Bâzgan are of superior quality.
The psaltery holds a special place in all Christian denominations, and of all the psalms, Psalm 150, the last psalm, is a sort of grand finale, where all the instruments bring praise to God.
Psalm 150