Watch this Wagner horn solo get vastly improved by a squeaky chair

9 December 2016, 11:49

squeaky horn chair

It’s a special level of music geekiness that results in using a squeaky chair to play a top note in a Wagner horn line.

These enterprising horn players took time out from a rehearsal to incorporate a new instrument into their ensemble - the humble chair.

And it really does fit in perfectly to this iconic Wagner horn line:

Here’s the original, as it appears in Wagner’s Götterdammerung: