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.
Genre: Animation
Stars: Bill Thompson, Loulie Jean Norman, Gloria Wood, Thurl Ravenscroft
Crew: Marc Davis (Animation), Dick Huemer (Story), Xavier Atencio (Animation), Eyvind Earle (Color Designer), Charles A. Nichols (Director), Henry Tanous (Animation)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Walt Disney Productions
Runtime: 10 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 10, 1953
IMDb: 4.4
