World's Largest Violin | euromaxx

Craftsmen in eastern Germany's Vogtland region have a long tradition of making violins, and a group from the town of Markneukirchen have built the largest violin that can actually be played. The instrument is four meters high and weighs more than a hundred kilograms, so playing it requires more than one musician. A local composer has even come up with a special piece for the giant violin.

Comments

1. might as well just call it a big octobass
2. What an absolute waste of time and money and manpower
3. Its proportioned the same as the other violins, but doesn't sound the same
4. How high were they to make such thing?
5. Who's going to use the world's largest chin rest?
6. Who's going to help me make a bass that's to scale with this violin? XD Im scared of heights.
7. my middle school orchestra teacher made me hate violin for life. I miss the days when I wanted to play violin for fun.
8. Called a Upright Bass
9. this is a octobass ,right
10. why is this a thing xD
11. The worlds largest violin is actually located in Sydney Nova Scotia Canada :)
12. aww let me play you a happy song on the worlds largest violin
13. "I'm afraid it'll need to go in the hold Sir, the overhead locker is not an appropriate storage option."
14. I thought that was a bass.
15. I want it
16. So someone has sampled the instrument so I can use it right, I hope? ;)
17. Wow. Imagine the exercise from just maintaining a good contact point.
18. Wow what it would take to rosin that bow! Wow
19. Forget the violin. I want to see the horse they took the bow hair from.
20. I wanted to see if there is an instrument crazier than the Octobass. Looks like there is.