WaterBuffaloVuvuzela

Project Water Buffalo Vuvuzela

Making an awful noise
Status	Completed
Contact	Oops
Last Update	2025-07-27

Introduction

We bought a water buffalo horn and made it into a ornament which makes a very loud noise.

After a while of carrying it around and it being big and heavy and pointy, we decided to make it into something that makes noise.

If you shine a bright flashlight into the horn in a dark room it lights up and you can get a sense of how far down the horn it is hollow.

We used a hand crosscut saw to cut off the tip of the horn. It was still solid where we cut it.

So we cut it again a bit further down, and ended up with a hole. The remaining rim was too thick to easily make a buzzing noise against.

Luckily I have been making mouthpieces for my French Horn and had some spare early test runs.

We jammed one into place and it makes a very loud noise.

We used hot glue to fix the mouthpiece in place and we now have something which functions as a Vuvuzela.

Paraphrase of discussion which occurred in our next-door neighbour's house:

Q: Why does [the young neighbour] play that horn at eight o'clock in the morning?
A: Because they've been told they're not allowed to make that noise before eight o'clock.