page_title: Birch trumpet
hierarchical_section_title: Birch trumpet
caption_attribution_description: Norsk bokmål: Bilde av en neverlur
context_page_description: The birch trumpet is a type of natural trumpet made of spruce covered with birch bark, known in Norway, Sweden, Finland, England, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Estonia. Even cruder and less durable versions were made of plain birch bark. They are associated with the early European Chalet culture, where it was presumably used to intimidate predators, frighten supernatural enemies, and convene council meetings.
  Usually, the neverlur is a natural horn, having no fingerholes or valves. Normally, a player can play 10 tones from the natural scale on the instrument. In the modern era, the neverlur is primarily a cultural curiosity, used for the occasional fanfare.
  In Finland, the birch trumpet, locally known as the tuohitorvi, comes in different varieties. Some instruments are built as natural horns and used for signalling, usually by shepherds, whereas others are built in the style of the mute cornett and have fingerholes for melody playing.
  Tolga kulturskole in Norway regularly teaches playing the neverlur to all interested people living in the municipality.
  The oldest recovered näverlur in Sweden dates back to the 10th century, and resembles earlier bronze trumpets.
context_section_description: The birch trumpet (Norwegian: neverlur, Swedish: näverlur, Latvian: taure, Lithuanian: ragas, daudytė, Finnish: tuohitorvi) is a type of natural trumpet made of spruce covered with birch bark, known in Norway, Sweden, Finland, England, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus and Estonia.  Even cruder and less durable versions were made of plain birch bark.  They are associated with the early European Chalet culture, where it was presumably used to intimidate predators, frighten supernatural enemies, and convene council meetings.
  Usually, the neverlur is a natural horn, having no fingerholes or valves.  Normally, a player can play 10 tones from the natural scale on the instrument.  In the modern era, the neverlur is primarily a cultural curiosity, used for the occasional fanfare.
  In Finland, the birch trumpet, locally known as the tuohitorvi, comes in different varieties. Some instruments are built as natural horns and used for signalling, usually by shepherds, whereas others are built in the style of the mute cornett and have fingerholes for melody playing.
  Tolga kulturskole (culture school) in Norway regularly teaches playing the neverlur to all interested people living in the municipality.
  The oldest recovered näverlur in Sweden dates back to the 10th century, and resembles earlier bronze trumpets.
caption: Neverlur
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