A lur, also lure or lurr, is a long natural blowing horn without finger holes that is played with a brass-type embouchure. Lurs can be straight or curved in various shapes. The purpose of the …

A lur or lur horn is a wind instrument cast in bronze dating to the Late Bronze Age (c. 1000 BC). Most of these lurs have come from Denmark, where a total of 39 have been found. Sweden, …

lur, bronze horn, or trumpet, found in prehistoric Scandinavian excavations. It has a conical bore that extends in length from roughly 5 to 8 feet (1.5 to 2.5 metres) in a bent S-shape (somewhat …

The "Wismar horn" from Germany - an older lur type. While digging peat in 1886, tenant farmer Ole Rasmussen found two fragmented lurs at Rørlykke Mose (ca. 1100-900 B.C. Mus.nr. …

These lurs, several examples of which have been discovered in longboats, are straight, end-blown wooden tubes, around one metre long. The viking lur parts were held together with willow …

May 19, 2017 · The lur (pronounced like the fishing lure) is a natural blowing horn that has no finger holes. The very first ones originated during the Bronze Age (thousands of years BC), …

The Lur was the battle horn of the Vikings; first mentioned in the Icelandic Viking Sagas. Here I will detail the design and construction methods I used to make two Lurs.

There are two types of lur (old nordic = luðr), one of metal (cast in bronze) and one made of wood. The oldest one, the bronze lur s, dates from the Nordic Bronze Age (1500 - 500 B.C). These …

Some lurs have small rattling-plates at the mouthpiece or the ornamental plate, and some have a carrying-chain. The lurs are masterpieces of casting. Musically they are more simple. Even …

The first find of lurs was made in 1797 in the bog Brudevælte Mose in northern Zealand. During peat-digging in the bog the farmer Ole Pedersen found ‘6 curved brass horns’. In other words …