History - Musikcenter Wyssen

The   Valais   Natwärrischpfeife  


A very special   instrument   with a long tradition   experienced   in Valais   some years   back   an additional boost .  Jointly responsible   for this boom   is   not at least   Karl   Wyssen ,  who provides   for more than 23 years   high-quality   production   of traditional   Valais   Natwärrischpfeifen   and   as a music teacher   at the same time   can   also provide a   technically competent   training.  

The whistling   game has   a very old tradition , even if the  exact   beginnings   remain more or less   hidden   in the historical   darkness.   Thus,   the precise   origin   of the Valais   Natwärrischpfeife  can barely be proven.  But it can be traced back to the Middle   Ages under   the drum   and   whistle   sounds   in   the fight and   that   the whistling   game   later   had its   first flowering   in   the Valais   mercenaries.   The music   groups   of the Valais   regiments   abroad   had   already   at that time   the task       to raise the   fighting spirit and   the mood with their sounds.   Since most of the   mercenaries   also   brought with them   their instruments   home, the   pipes were   soon   an integral part   of the   vibrant   village culture .  This   article has been   passed on to the   younger generations ,  so   that the continued existence   of the Pfeifer   Group   was secured   even after   the advent of the   brass bands .  Only the   " tidying up  with a   useless   past "  after the First World   War brought   the whistling   game in   a temporary crisis . T his traditional   cultural   heritage   did not   eradicate ,  and gained   with the establishment   of an association   movement experienced   in 1930   a veritable   rebirth.  
At that time the   Natwärrischpfeifen   were prepared   from a pioneer   and   master   piper   Oswald   Albrecht of   Eyholz ,  which   already   in 1918   laid   an important foundation   for