alphorn
Sign in to savethumb|Eliana Burki playing the alphorn at the Bardentreffen festival in [[Nuremberg 2009]]
Key facts
- Instrument.name
- Alphorn
- Instrument.image
- Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin - Alphorn in Fis - 1108187.jpg
- Instrument.caption
- Alphorn, Staatliches Institut für Musikforschung, Berlin
- Instrument.background
- brass
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs
- 423.121.12
- Instrument.hornbostel_sachs_desc
- End-blown straight labrosones with mouthpiece
- Instrument.related
- Bucium, trembita
via Wikipedia infobox
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- History
- Construction and qualities
- Repertoire
- In popular culture
- See also
- References
- Further reading
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thumb|Eliana Burki playing the alphorn at the Bardentreffen festival in [[Nuremberg 2009]]
The alphorn (; ; ) is a traditional lip-reed wind instrument. It consists of a long straight wooden natural horn, with a length of , a conical bore and a wooden cup-shaped mouthpiece. The alphorn was traditionally made in one piece from the trunk of a pine. Modern alphorns are usually made in three detachable sections for easier transport and handling, carved from blocks of spruce. The alphorn is used by rural communities in the Alps. Similar wooden horns were used for communication in most mountainous regions of Europe, from the Alps to the Carpathians.