Swiss set world record for largest alphorn ensemble

Over a thousand alphorn players gathered on Klewenalp in canton Nidwalden on Saturday. At the gathering, they played choral melodies and broke the world record for the largest alphorn ensemble. + Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox A total of 1,006 players gathered, as a photographer reported to the Keystone-SDA news agency. Energy and Environment Minister Albert Rösti attended the event, which was organised by the Swiss Yodelling Association and the Beckenried-Emmetten mountain railroads. Originally, it was planned that at least the 555 alphorn players required for the world record would take part - but almost twice as many people registered for the festival. The alphorn players came from all over Switzerland. Swiss people also traveled from abroad. + Is playing the alphorn good for your health? A delegate from the Guinness World Records company was also present. Since 1955, the company has published the Guinness Book of World Records every year, which ...