Largest collection of instruments made from wooden matchsticks
According to Official Guinness Records,
The largest collection of playable musical instruments made entirely from matchsticks is 10, held by Tony Hall of Hove, East Sussex. The instruments, constructed from used wooden matchsticks by Tony's deceased father Jack Hall include: violin, chin-rest and bow, Neopolitan mandolin, acoustic guitar, flat-back mandolin, tenor banjo, bones (percussion), castanets, descant recorder, drumsticks and ukulele. The construction of the first instrument was finished in 1936, and a total of 106,000 matches have been used in the collection. Jack passed away in 1993 at the age of 86. Jack's son Tony now cares for the collection The instruments are all fully playable and famous musicians including Glen Campbell and Nigel Kennedy have played them.