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Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom

A crash course on the history of Western musical instruments.

6.6 average rating
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6.6
English / 10 MIN. / 1953

The Genres

The Synopsis

In this short subject (which mostly represents a departure from Disney's traditional approach to animation), a stuffy owl teacher lectures his feathered flock on the origins of Western musical instruments. Starting with cavepeople, whose crude implements could only "toot, whistle, plunk and boom," the owl explains how these beginnings led to the development of the four basic types of Western musical instruments: brass, woodwinds, strings, and percussion.

The Cast

Bill ThompsonLoulie Jean NormanGloria WoodThurl Ravenscroft

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