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The octobass of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. It typically plays one octave below the double bass. This rare bowed strong instrument was first built around 1850 in Paris by the French luthier, Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. Because of the extreme fingerboard length and string thickness, the musician plays it using a system of levers and pedals. The levers serve to engage metal clamps that are positioned above the neck at specific positions. These clamps act as fretting devices when the performer presses the levers. In addition to the Paris instrument, octobasses exist in the collections of the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix, Arizona and the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. In October 2016, the Quebec company Canimex donated the octobass shown here to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, which is now the only orchestra in the world to own one.
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I grew up on this stuff. Although I think way back in was "Chun King" brand, not "La Choy".
 
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^^^ Joan Jett on the left Cherrie Currie on the right.
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 Everyone likes a nice tight fit!  According to the notes on the back of this photo, the Connerley Brothers brought the first combine to the Flathead Reservation for the 1909 harvest.    Ouch!  NATIONAL PARKS OF THE GRAND CIRCLE The Grand Circle features some of the most spectacular national parks in the American West: Zion, Bryce Canyon, Capitol Reef, Canyonlands, Arches, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Mesa Verde, Petrified Forest and Grand Canyon.
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1983 Porsche 911sc Cabriolet 3.0
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