大象传媒

A piano consists of around 10,000 moving parts. It can take years to make a violin. The comb n paper simply requires...some paper and a comb. The paper should ideally be Izal, or to give it its full title, Izal Medicated Toilet Tissue. You really want a good Scottish comb, from Aberdeen, where the comb-making industry once thrived. But as Ian Sansom goes into intensive training for the 2024 World Paper and Comb Championships, he discovers that actually playing our silliest, most spontaneous and democratic musical instrument, isn't as easy as he remembers.

Producer Conor Garrett

A 大象传媒 Studios Audio production for Radio 4