use the point as a way to communicate with one another over long distances and not just in europe shepherdson asia also played similar instruments but there were both close to 500 years of history the alpine whom is being heard less and less these days no doubt is considered to be switzerland have this. almost everyone plays one including pet t.c.m. one of my mother is an icon player also she place with me in the group. i guess is just. i just started because she was playing its and i thought it was a cool instrument and. now here i am. on play is also of course need instruments to play in switzerland some 40 instrument make this specialize in crafting alpine homes once one of us saw is one of them it takes him 2 weeks to make an elk or but the wood from the red spruce must strive for 5 to 8 years before he starts working on it. she's a tree that grows in poor soil and one that grows very slowly due to the rocky ground. as its veins are very constricted the tree grows quite slowly and that's the kind of what we look for we call it. is the same kind of wood used to make violins guitars and other mu