Up Close With A Curator: Octobasse

Join curator Colin Pearson on a descriptive journey of one of the most famous objects at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Comments

1. Add distortion and you have the heavy djent ever known to man.
2. When he plays the lowest string I assume that what we hear is actually overtones since the fundamental is only 16hz.
3. This is every doom metal band's wet dream.
4. Sounds like farts
5. This guy sounds like he has no idea what he is talking about and is reading a telepromt. And this instrument is a waste of wood save the trees and our ears.
6. Yeah, i dont think i see what this person thinks he is playing, i thought someone got a wooden chair... :/
7. They finally found a way to replicate the sound of elephant flatulence xD lol
8. Great, But does it djent?
9. Sounds like an old desktop starting up.
10. Sounds just like my car on a cold day.
11. Ive been looking at big ass instruments for like an hour now instead of writing this paper, I'm really losing control of my life
12. but does it djent?
13. shame about all the unnecessary background noise.
14. it sounds like a lawn motor 😹
15. ughhh it sounds so gross idk if its just that the guy has no idea what he is doing but oml
16. sounds like when a construction worker is drilling holes onto the floor.
17. A hardwood stick, an ebony frog, leather grips, and lots of horsehair. I've seen that movie.
18. like a tractor
19. It sounds like a broken car
20. i just wanna know why—