End-blown trumpet
Vernacular Name
- Näverlur, B-flat
Maker
Rune Selén
Date1993
Place MadeAlunda, Upland, Sweden, Europe
Serial No.8608
SignedWritten with branding iron inside bell: B / 8608 / RUNE SELÉN · ALUNDA · 1993Markingsnone
DescriptionConifer, made in two halves, birch-bark cover, integral mouthpiece.
The Swedish wooden trumpet with birch bark, called näverlur, was used for herding and dairy farming throughout the entire country until the 19th century, and also for communication and village administration. It survives as a folk musical instrument.
DimensionsHeight/Tube length: 1335 mm
Bore (throat): 4.7 mm
Bell diameter (internal): ca. 82 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997, Sweden.
Published ReferencesSabine Katharina Klaus, Trumpets and Other High Brass: A History Inspired by the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection. Volume 1: Instruments of the Single Harmonic Series (Vermillion, SD: National Music Museum, 2012), pp. 31, 279.
Sabine K. Klaus, “Näverlur,” International Trumpet Guild Journal (October 2019), page 62.
Credit LineJoe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection, 1999
Object number07271
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