is resting on the ground like a 'cello, but at an angle.

Otherwise it would be impossible to play.

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... in the Arizona Balalaika Orchestra (pictured below -- he's on the left). Heavily involved
in the Tucson Friends of Traditional Music and the Tucson Folk Fest, he also sits in and plays
traditional stand up bass with an old-timey local string band with the GREAT name, The
Determined Luddites.
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I think he may be about 6'5" tall, so it looks a little more proportional with him.
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One of the NICEST people you're likely to ever meet.
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