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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 Aberdeenshire, 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 what might be our silliest and most spontaneous musical instrument, isn't as easy as he remembers.

Producer: Conor Garrett
Editor: Philip Sellars
Production Coordinator: Shan Pillay
With special thanks to the Imaginary Kazoo Orchestra

A 麻豆社 Studios Audio production for Radio 4