528 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1896. 



the shape of the letter S, found at Maltbeck. It is nearly 8 feet iu 

 length, measuring' tlie convex sides. It had been cast in sections, which 

 have been fitted and riveted. It has a disk upon the larger end (simi- 

 lar to fig. 187 from Ireland), the decoration on which is a representation 

 of the daisy flower. The small end was provided with its mouth- 

 piece, which is rather uncommon, and, as will be seen shortly, it was 

 capable of being played upon. The details of this instrument, mouth- 

 piece, disk at bell mouth, chain, ring, and strap, are shown in accompa- 

 nying figs. 1G9 a, b, c, (L This specimen is reported in the guidebooks 



of the Museum of Antiquities at 

 Copenhagen as belonging to the 

 fourth hall or room containing 

 objects of the Bronze age, as No. 

 71, with the following label: 



Twenty- three (23) trumpets of war 

 (lulirs) composed of sundry pieces of 

 bronze molded separately ; found in the 

 peat bogs, ordinarily iu pairs. 



This instrument has attracted 

 the attention, both of the arch- 

 ii'ological and musical world, and 

 sundry reproductions of it have 

 been made — one is in the British 

 museum, one in the Museum of 

 Natural History, New York city, 

 and one in the Musee Instru- 

 mental of the Eoyal Conserva- 

 tory at Brussels (see No. 1156 of 

 its catalogue), the latter giving 

 the scale, from E-flat in the bass 

 clef to E-flat on the upper space 

 in the treble clef. 



A notice of a concert by the 

 instruments in the Copenhagen 

 Museum was published in the 

 Washington Evening Star, Feb- 

 ruary G, 189G, from the San Francisco Chronicle, which is here inserted: 



An enormous crowd fills the museum and neighboring square at Copenhagen every 

 midsummer day to listen to a unifxue concert. A number of ancient Scandinavian 

 horns more than three thousand years old, called "luren," are kept in the museum. 

 Of this collection fourteen are in good condition. They have an elegant sliape, and 

 the Hat metal x^lates at the moiithpiece show good technical perfection and a devel- 

 oped taste for art. They are in difierent pieces fitted together. They are of very 

 thin metal, and generally 7 feet l<nig. A few years ago it was found out by Dr. 

 Hammcrich that they could still be blown or played upon. Their tones resemble 

 those of the tenor horn, and they have a soft but powerful sound. Some are tuned 

 in C and E sharp and others iu D, E, or G, and these tones form an accord, but uo 



Fig. 169. 



DETAILS OF FIG. 168. 



(a) mouthpiece; (6) disk at bell mouth; (c) chain 

 for suspension ; (d) strap and swivel for chain. 



