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The octobass is a bowed string instrument from Paris made in 1850. It is a giant version of the double bass with 3 strings (tuned to C0, G0, and D1). The octobass stands at 12 feet tall and has to be played standing on a platform. The player vibrates the string with a bow and frets the strings using a foot pedal.

The bandoneon is a type of concertina, a free reed aerophone. The bandoneon is closely tied with tango music and played in countries such as Lithuania, Uruguay and Argentina. The bandoneon, like a concertina, is played with finger keys that operate free reeds, and bellows that when opened or closed creates air pressure. The hand bellows, which are typically hexagonal on a concertina, are square on a bandoneon. The right hand bellows play the treble notes with 17 or 23 finger keys, then the left hand plays the bass notes with 15 or 21 finger keys. 

🎶 “What makes the sunset?

What makes the moonrise?

Is it my love for you?” 🎶

— Frank Sinatra, “What Makes the Sunset?”

The trumpet is a brass instrument played mainly in jazz and classical ensembles. Trumpets are played by blowing air into the trumpet through a mouthpiece with slightly opened lips. The sound flows through the bent brass tubing in a rounded rectangular shape. And then out through a bell shaped end. The player controls the pitch through 3 valves and how they blow into the trumpet