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.
Released: Nov 10, 1953
Runtime: 10 minutes
Genre: Animation
Stars: Bill Thompson, Loulie Jean Norman, Gloria Wood, Thurl Ravenscroft
Crew: Ward Kimball (Director), Tom Oreb (Characters), Ward Kimball (Animation), Julius Svendsen (Animation), Marc Davis (Animation), Kendall O'Connor (Art Direction)