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BERNE, Switzerland -- The alphorn, a 12-foot-long wooden folk instrument played by Swiss shepherds to communicate across mountain valleys, hasn't exactly been the inspiration for many rock stars.
If you go out in the woods today, you could be in for a big surprise, for you may stumble not upon a teddy bear picnic, but two alphorn aficionados who hike miles and miles with their alphorns to ...
Switzerland: the country of mouth-watering chocolate, cheese fondue and precision clockwork set against the backdrop of breath-taking mountainous scenery. Accompanying all of this is the soundtrack of ...
Linda Loncaric Arico wanted to learn how to play the alphorn, a Swiss musical instrument. She reached out to the Alpine Hills Museum in Sugarcreek and was put in contact with Fred Welsch, a retired ...
The hills were alive with the sound of music on Sunday (July 28) as 3,500 people braved the heights of Switzerland's Mount Tracouet to watch 150 alphorn players take part in the 13th world alphorn ...
The players formed a wide semi-circle at Tracouet above the ski resort of Haute Nendaz in southern Switzerland for the country's annual alphorn competition, which celebrates the musical instrument in ...