Article: The Swiss horn in on a hotel fete here

What was that sound downtown yesterday morning?

That, businessladies and gentlemen, was an alphorn. And the guy at the business end of the 12-foot instrument was Clayton Streiff, of New Glarus, Wis.

Streiff and wife, Marion - in full Swiss regalia, befitting their hometown, the "Little Switzerland of the Midwest" - were in town to entertain at the groundbreaking for the new Swiss Grand Hotel at the Illinois Center.

Streiff, who belongs to five Swiss musical groups, has been a master of the alphorn for 25 years. He and his compatriots are famous (in New Glarus, at least) for having written the song, ...

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