Steerhorn

The steerhorn (German: stierhorn, also known in English as a cowhorn or bullhorn) is an extremely long medieval bugle horn.

The steerhorn is an extremely long medieval bugle horn, also known as a cowhorn or bullhorn.

The instrument is used in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen,[1] as the score requires one steerhorn in Die Walküre and four in Götterdämmerung.

For Der Ring des Nibelungen, a modern substitution was created, using a set of three brass tubes.

For Georg Solti's 1958–1965 Ring recordings a set of the instruments was specially made, as American soldiers had carried off Bayreuth's steerhorns after the end of World War II.

German musician Günter Sommer playing a steerhorn, or possibly cowhorn, bullhorn or oxhorn.