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Le Cri Du Veau / Trumpet / Flute
 
This page is being used to collect information about the history of the cut paperfolding design known as 'Le Cri Du Veau' / Trumpet / Flute. Please contact me if you know any of this information is incorrect or if you have any other information that should be added. Thank you.

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1923

As far as I know the earliest appearance of a version of this design is as 'The Humming Flute' in 'Falten und Formen mit Papier' by Richard Rothe which was published by Deutscher Verlag für Jugend und Volk in Vienna and Leipzig in 1923. This version is however, as the illustration below shows, made in two parts.

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1924

The earliest appearanvce of the more familiar one-part design is sd 'Le Cri Du Veau' in 'Joujoux En Papier' by Tom Tit, which was published in Paris by Paul Lechevalier in 1924.

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The design also appears:

1928

In 'Fun with Paperfolding' by William D Murray and Francis J Rigney, which was published by the Fleming H Revell Company, New York in 1928, as 'The Trumpet'. The author suggests that the sound may be amplified by attaching a paper cone around the stem of the Trumpet.

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1939

As 'A Toy Trumpet' in 'Fun with Paper' by Joseph Leeming, which was published by Spencer Press Inc in Chicago in 1939.

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1949

As 'Un Cri d'Animal' in 'Au Pays des Mains Agiles', which was published by Editions Fleurus in Paris in 1949

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1951

As 'La Chifla' (The Whistle) in the extended version of 'El Mundo de Papel' by Dr Nemesio Montero, which was published by G Miranda in Edicions Infancia in Valladolid in 1951.

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In the October 1951 issue of the American magazine 'Children's Digest.

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1953

As 'The Magic Trumpet' in the March 1953 issue of 'Parents' magazine.

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1960

As 'The Gremlin's Flute' in 'Paper Folding Fun' by Robert Harbin, which was published by Oldbourne in London in 1960.

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