[mjt0229]

+1 for a Chuck Traeger reference on HN. I'm also a double bassist. Agreed about instrument modifications. It's common in the bass world for a big-sounding instrument to be described as a "cannon". That doesn't speak much for having a singing tone! Maybe in the world of violins and cellos that's more important, though.

[analog31]

Well, there's the artillery, and then there's the cavalry, and the infantry. ;-)