Instruments fresh from the marketSourced
Carrot recorder, pumpkin drum.
They build fresh instruments for each show.
The London Vegetable Orchestra plays instruments carved from produce, including courgette trumpets and aubergine castanets. Fresh vegetables are prepared on performance day for better sound. The ensemble began with a bet about carving a recorder from a carrot.
The sound check
starts in the vegetable aisle.
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