Interesting Instruments

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This bad boy is called the octobass. It can play a full octave below a double bass with a c extension, depending on how it's tuned. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (Antoine Saito). Eric Chappell of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra playing the orchestra's octobass. #octobass #bass #classicalmusic
The organ of St. Steven's Cathedral, Bavaria, Germany. With 17,774 pipes and 233 registers, it's the largest church instrument in Europe. (📷 Getty)