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“Plumber” walks on stage with royal marines unveils instrument for hilarious performance
I have never seen an instrument like that before, looks like he made it himself.
Elijah Chan
05.24.21

It was in the middle of a musical performance when a plumber decides to show up.

The Bands of HM Royal Marines was performing a tremendous show at the Mountbatten Festival of Music last 2019 at the Royal Albert Hall when they ran into a little plumbing problem that’s a bit off note and off cue.

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The Bands of HM Royal Marines via YouTube

The marimba player, together with the orchestra, was hitting the rights notes when out of nowhere, a plopping noise echoed throughout the concert hall.

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The Bands of HM Royal Marines via YouTube

They didn’t mind it at first and went on with the concert, but the persistence of this leaky pipe interrupted the show so badly that they had to concede in the end.

The soloist was left with no choice but to call a plumber.

“Yeah, I need a plumber. My bucket is wet and I think my pipe is leaking.”

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The Bands of HM Royal Marines via YouTube

The show then continued with one of Johann Strauss’s most enduring works, The Blue Danube. And as the water kept on “dripping”, a rather crass-looking plumber walks nonchalantly into the stage, not giving any two cents that the band is in the middle of a concert.

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The Bands of HM Royal Marines via YouTube

He even said “Health and safety, health and safety.” as he produced a slippery floor sign and placed it on the stage. We can’t even fault him at this point now that he’s all in for minimizing occupational hazards – concerts or not.

The Blue Danube kept on playing until the plumber unveiled a rather unusual instrument on stage.

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The Bands of HM Royal Marines via YouTube

It’s a blue table, or rack, depending on who’s looking, lined with PVC pipes.

With a few jests and cheeky lines, the plumber fixes the “pipes”, even tossing around some spare parts in the process.

As The Blue Danube finishes, the plumber concluded his repairs as well. He started hitting the pipe caps for a job well done and it was at that moment that he discovered something quite musical.

The Bands of HM Royal Marines via YouTube
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The Bands of HM Royal Marines via YouTube

Striking the bouncy paddle onto one of the pipes, the plumber realized that they could make music out of this.

It might look novel to most of us, but this instrument has been around for quite some time. It comes in different names like PVC instrument, RimbaTune, PVC drums, or tubulum. But the name is not the only thing that confused people.

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Snubby J via YouTube

The instrument produces sound by pushing and compressing air into the tubes by slapping the tops with a rubbery paddle. This makes it a cross between a wind instrument and a percussion instrument, much like a piano is a cross between a percussion and a string instrument.

This results in an airy, kind of croaky, and honky sound that is reminiscent of a synth piano.

But with all of the technicalities and novelty, can the instrument play music?

Well, let’s just say that Mozart’s Turkish March was reimagined with a brand new tune when the marimba soloist and the plumber played it together.

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The Bands of HM Royal Marines via YouTube

At one point, the two musicians shared the PVC pipe organ to play the entire piece and the orchestra even joined in.

After a round of applause and cheers from the crowd, the two finally switched places to assert each other’s musicality once and for all.

The whole band and the plumber’s wacky musical instrument came together as they played the grand tune of the cowboy staple, Rossini’s William Tell Overture. The plumber and the soloist took turns, exchanged notes, synchronized, and even finished each other’s sections, and they showed the crowd that anything can be musical if you’re creative enough.

The Bands of HM Royal Marines via YouTube
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The Bands of HM Royal Marines via YouTube

Not without the help of the leak at the end, though. That’s the reason why the plumber was there in the first place.

Watch how The Bands of HM Royal Marines and a plumber put on a grand musical show at the Royal Albert Hall by clicking on the video below.

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