BRASS HORN TWELVE FEET LONG PLAYED BY SIX MIDGETS (Jan, 1924)
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Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jan, 1924
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Tags: giant sized
Source: Popular Mechanics ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Jan, 1924
Buy on Ebay
Tags: giant sized
BRASS HORN TWELVE FEET LONG PLAYED BY SIX MIDGETS
Measuring 12 feet in length, a giant horn requires at least two men to play it, as it is so cumbersome that one person cannot carry it. Recently, at a convention in the South, six midget men were necessary to handle the instrument: one at the mouth-
piece, another at the keys, and four to support it. This huge band piece was made in Paris and brought to this country about 75 years ago.
I can’t imagine one little person had the lung capacity to make this thing even squeak.
Comment by Stannous — June 14, 2007 @ 4:49 pm
[...] Measuring 12 feet in length, a giant horn requires at least two men to play it, as it is so cumbersome that one person cannot carry it. Recently, at a convention in the South, six midget men were necessary to handle the instrument: one at the mouth-piece, another at the keys, and four to support it. This huge band piece was made in Paris and brought to this country about 75 years ago. [link] [...]
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Thank you so much for posting that. I needed a gut-busting laugh today.
Comment by Village Idiot — June 19, 2007 @ 4:41 pm