Unless you happen to be a Swiss cowherd, there\u2019s a fair chance you\u2019ve never clapped eyes on a real\u00a0alphorn. It may look like a wonky didgeridoo or a section of bathroom plumbing, but it\u2019s a European national instrument as much loved in its homeland as bagpipes are by the Scots, and after decades in the musical wilderness, its distinctive tones are once again reverberating across idyllic Alpine hillsides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The hills are alive at the Montreux-based Alphorn Academy of Switzerland. We joined in to find out if it was just a load of hot air<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[783,313,429,317,514,150,794],"class_list":["post-6740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-concerts","tag-live-music","tag-local-culture","tag-local-secrets","tag-music","tag-switzerland","tag-traditional","destinations-geneva","destinations-switzerland","inspirations-arts-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n