Alphorngruppe Thierstein-Laufental

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The alphorn or alpenhorn is a wind instrument, consisting of a natural wooden horn of conical bore, having a cup-shaped mouthpiece, used by mountain dwellers in Switzerland and elsewhere. Similar wooden horns were used in most mountainous regions of Europe, from Sweden to the Romanian Carpathians.

The alphorn is carved from solid softwood, generally spruce but sometimes pine. In former times the alphorn maker would find a tree bent at the base in the shape of an alphorn, but modern makers piece the wood together at the base. A cup-shaped mouthpiece carved out of a block of hard wood is added and the instrument is complete.

The alphorn has no lateral openings and therefore gives the pure natural harmonic series of the open pipe. The harmonics are the more readily obtained by reason of the small diameter of the bore in relation to the length.

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[genom27]

Ricolaaaaaa

[dbh35963]

Sunds like a HUGE TRUMPET

[runescapeswordshow]

make a video doing the inain one that goes"buah bua.h buaah buaah.'

[befranklintoo]

its called a swiss blow hardbecause my wife won,t

[waldhorn33]

Love the lady with her purse:-))

[antonovfan]

wow that alpenhorn sound beautheful!!!!!!!