End-blown trumpet
Vernacular Name
- Näverlur, C
Maker
Magnar Storbaekken
Date1997
Place MadeTolga, Norway, Europe
Serial No.none
SignedWritten with branding iron inside bell: M.S. (monogram) 1997Markingsnone
DescriptionConifer, made in two halves, birch-bark cover, integral mouthpiece.
The term "näverlur" means lur made of birch bark.
DimensionsHeight/Tube length: 1180 mm
Bore (throat): 4.9 mm
Bell diameter (internal): ca. 73 mm
ProvenancePurchased in 1997 from Magnar Storbækken, Tolga, Norway.
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 number07272
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