Meet The Mammoth Of Instruments!

This unique stringed instrument makes the upright bass or cello look like a junior instrument.

It is exceptionally large and carries a very low end sound, dropping to lower realms than any other stringed instrument.

It was invented in 1850 by French violin maker Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. It has three strings and stands roughly 3.48 meters tall (11.4 ft).

Because of the extreme fingerboard length and string thickness, the musician plays it using a system of hand and foot-activated levers and pedals.

In this video we get an up close and personal with the octobasse that is on display at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.

The Octobass is an enormous, three-string instrument that tunes an octave below a standard double bass. It’s so large that the player has to use special keys on its side to change pitches on each string.

It's sound may not smoothly touch my ears but it’s a unique invention! However its size isn't so convenient, so I can guess why there are only two of those still exist in the world! But I am pretty sure that a section of ten of those would shake an entire concert hall!

Credits: MIMphx

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