Neverlur

musical instrument · Norway · Nordic

A long natural trumpet of birch wood, split in two, hollowed out, and bound together with birch-root lashing or bark to form a flared conical tube. Herders in the Norwegian mountain pastures blew the neverlur to call the flocks and to signal across valleys, and its deep, carrying note could be heard for miles; shorter versions with finger holes could play melodies. The instrument fell out of common use with the decline of the old seter dairying life but was revived in the 20th century by folk musicians and folk-music scholars. It is related to the similar bark-wound horns of Scandinavia, such

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