That would be the octobass, the largest string instrument ever brought into existence. Though its curves and angles follow the familiar silhouette of its smaller stringed relatives (violins ...

The octobass was created in 1850 with the intent of added some serious low end, because apparently the upright bass just wasn't cutting it anymore. The octobass seems like it's partially played by ...

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra has just become the only ensemble in the world to employ an octobass in its ensemble. Here it is dwarfing its new orchestra mates in Montreal: The 3.6m-high instrument ...

As a radical new two-string violin goes on display in New York, Clemency Burton-Hill looks at some more odd instruments, from the octobass to the theremin. Next month, visitors to the Inside 3D ...

" Turn up your subwoofers for this playlist of especially low sounds: The Octobass – The octobass might seem like a mythical beast, but it was in fact a real instrument that even Hector ...

But the Octobass was designed and produced way back in 1850 by Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume a talented French violin maker. His intention was to come up with an instrument that would add a low-end ...

The octobass measures 3.6 metres and weighs 131 kilos. The OSM has the distinction of being the only orchestra in the world in possession of one. Bassist Eric Chappell is five feet 11 inches ...

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra just announced that it has acquired an octobass, the largest and lowest-sounding instrument of the string family, becoming the only orchestra in the world to have ...

The Montreal Symphony Orchestra has just become the only ensemble in the world to employ an octobass in its ensemble. Here it is dwarfing its new orchestra mates in Montreal: The 3.6m-high instrument ...

" Turn up your subwoofers for this playlist of especially low sounds: The Octobass – The octobass might seem like a mythical beast, but it was in fact a real instrument that even Hector ...