The «tenora» is one of the traditionals instruments of Catalonia, maybe the most known and certainly the one that better combines interpretatives and musicals possibilities. The tenora is a tenor shawm, or high-pitched tenor oboe, and consists of two «azufaifo» bodies, a bell, and alpaca keys. It is tuned in B flat. It's tessitura stretches from E2 (concert pitch) up to approximately C5, although on a few occasions virtuous players can reach C6.
The artisan designer Perpinyà Andreu Toron presented the model that is currently in use in 1849.