We asked you which instrument the alphorn is most similar to. Find out here if you were the lucky winner of our wristwatch in an exclusive Euromaxx design. The alphorn is a wind instrument ...

Traditional summons to the Landsgemeinde of Stans (Central Switzerland). Perfromed by Arnold Lussi. 2. Alphorn Solo. Traditional herdsman’s air from Ormont. Canton Vaud. Performed by Jakob Spälti. 3.

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 ...

What is thought to be the UK's largest gathering of alpine horn enthusiasts has been staged in Berkshire. Eleven members of the UK Alphorn Network (UKAN) brought their instruments to Downe House ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Beat Heeb, 68, plays the alphorn he brought home from Switzerland by Okanagan Lake. (Alya Ramadan/CBC - image credit) For Beat ...

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 ...

GRAND RAPIDS – Symphony orchestras have flutes and French horns and lots and lots of violins. Sometimes they also have really bizarre, totally zany musical instruments. Grand Rapids Symphony trots out ...

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.

It was a a blow but the record had to go sometime. More than 500 Alpine horn players today broke the world mark for the largest number of people playing the instrument. Clad in traditional Swiss ...