Alphorn and entranced cow |
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Frances with her alphorn and David (right) and the cows at White Cattle Park |
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Alphorn love
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In 1982 Frances Jones was minding her own business holidaying in Switzerland when she found herself drawn inexorably to a Zurich music store by the scent of freshly carved pine and row upon row of Alphorns; coloured and carved, some no more than tiny toy horns, others laid long in their full听14 foot glory.
'May I try one?' she asked the proprietor. 'Of course'. He replied.听She just put her lips together and blew. It was a moment never to be forgotten.
David Stafford met Frances,听in a field near Henley-Upon-Thames to hear about her love for the great instrument and to test its legendary power over cattle.听听
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