The Cutest Instruments You Never Knew About

A sampling of some of the smallest, highest (and cutest) forms of Western instruments, including varieties of percussion, squeezebox, clarinet, ukulele, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, and more.

Huge thank you to all the musicians performing in this video!

Video demonstrations, used with permission:
Alex Southgate, melodica
   / @alexsouthgate7551  
Luke Hillman, Anglo concertinas
   / @lukehillman  
Richard Elliot Haynes, Ab clarinet
   / @richardelliothaynes.clarinet  
https://www.richardehaynes.com
The Ukebug, ukuleles
   / @theukebug  
Trumpet Guy, pocket trumpet
   / @trumpet_guy  
Trent Hamilton, piccolo trombone
   / @trenthamilton  

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Footnote: The small concertinas shown in this video are the "treble" variety. Like other instruments discussed in this video, the concertinas also have versions of various sizes.

Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:44 Spock
1:05 Melodica
1:34 Concertina
2:18 Splash
2:38 Ab Clarinet
3:09 Soprillo/Curved Sopran(in)o Saxophone
3:37 Sopranino/Sopranissimo Ukulele
3:59 Hi-hat Lowboy
4:20 Pocket Trumpet
4:48 The Funny ‘Bone

Background audio of a 'Clavietta' melodica playing a traditional Irish tune, 'Rakes of Kildare', played by Troy Banarzi. Licensed Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0
Accordion images “A converter free-bass piano-accordion and a Russian bayan” from Wikimedia commons Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
Anglo Concertina image Anglo concertina, 37 key C/G dating from 1999, manufactured by Colin and Rosalie Dipper. Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0
Soprillo, piccolo saxophone in B♭ made c. 2000 by Benedikt Eppelsheim in Munich, Germany. Photo previously published by the Museum of Making Music on Flickr; taken to document the various artifacts for the special exhibition "The Sound of Sax" curated by the Museum of Making Music in Carlsbad, California. from Wikimedia commons Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
Types of trombone (top to bottom): piccolo in B♭, soprano in B♭, alto in E♭, tenor in B♭, bass in B♭ with F and G♭ valves, contrabass in F with D and B♭ valves from Wikimedia commons
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