Instruments of Torture

Here's another side to an instrument with which some children torture their parents. A concert tonight by EROS the Eastern Recorder Orchestra was inspirational. Jacinta is playing her treble out of shot but it was the low register instruments that took my eye and soothed my ear. The big, box-topped, devices at the back right, looking like a different kind of instrument of torture, are Contra Basses which along with the Basses in the foreground, make a wonderful rich sound.

Here's a link if you want to hear them for yourself.