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One of about 366 alphorn blowers prepares to play several pieces of music and for the first time "Vom Gornergrat" of Swiss composer Gilbert Kolly, to establish the new world record of the most alphorn blowers playing together, on the Gornergrat Mountain at 3'089 meters above sea level with the Matterhorn mountain in the background, Thursday, August 20, 2009. The event was taking place on the occasion of the 111th birthday of the train of Gornergrat in Zermatt, western Switzerland. (KEYSTONE/Jean-Christophe Bott)