Odd wooden tuba band from Vancouver BC

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Odd wooden tuba band from Vancouver BC

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someone on the tubaeuph list spotted this:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-301702

They are a group called "Legion of Flying Monkey Horns," using homebuilt wooden tubas, folded alphorns or whatnot - there are some other clips at http://new.us.music.yahoo.com/flying-monkey-orchestra/
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I just got an e-mail from the artist who carves the instruments for this group.
His blog is here.
pretty darn interesting!
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now THAT'S funny!
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Holy crap, the TubaEuph list still exists?
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bort wrote:Holy crap, the TubaEuph list still exists?
One or two posts a week - sometimes a few more.

Here is another clip with a triple-bell version (played by the maker.)
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