kjgkjhfkjf
Here's a video of one being played (sort of): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K3VdVbBOxw
esperent
Skip to 5:41 to hear it actually played. Although I assume you'd need very good speakers and I'm not sure if the YT audio compression is good for very low tones.
apricot
"The Montreal Symphony Orchestra is the only orchestra that owns one of these unusual instruments"
They actually have three. https://www.osm.ca/en/octobasses/
JKCalhoun
I do remember this tall bass. A very cool and unusual museum, BTW. Phoenix is a fun town. The Botanical Garden too is not to be missed.
leptons
The Musical Instrument Museum is one of the best things to do in Phoenix. It's also one of my favorite museums in the world.
tkgally
There's also a very nice musical instrument museum in Hamamatsu, Japan [1]. I really enjoyed it and would like to go again.
nkrisc
That place is amazing. Went there once thinking it would be a 30 minute diversion before we did other stuff. We spent nearly 4 hours in there.
Wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone in Phoenix.
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mrbluecoat
Yes, definitely plan to spend a few hours - it's a massive museum packed with musical instruments and cultures from around the world. They give you positional-aware headsets that play music and information as you near a display.
jpease
Saw it in Phoenix.
Definitely big.
Wouldn’t recommend for slap.
"Bass! How low can you go?" (Public Enemy - Bring the Noise)