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Théodore Raymond, the founder of the industry of bird calls, designed his first items at the beginning of 1868, when he was only seventeen years old.
This small production was intended for a limited number of users. Théodore spent most of his time looking for new bird calls and improving his instruments, postponing the production itself.
The very first bird calls were made with modest raw materials, one wouldn’t think of today: olive or cherry pits, small pieces of pine cones or pine crusts, of goose or chicken feather ends, tiny pieces of wire. The various pieces were assembled with resin. Some call birds were made with a snail shell in which a hole was pierced and strengthened with band aid. For others, a piece of reed was carved to make a hole. |
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All these objects made with natural materials found in the countryside, had a common defect: they were alive. In other words, they were a little too sensitive. When it rained, when the heat was on or when the weather was changing, they no longer produced sounds. Often, they also didn’t function because of the mouth humidity.
A bird call made from a snail shell |
