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Many rich men of Petersburg had serf orchestras. The best orchestra was at And. G.Teplov who gave weekly concerts.

Prince G.A.Potyomkin, except drama troupe, had 200 choristers and musicians. During a dinner to it played an orchestra and scorched from guns. Orchestras were available at Stroganovyh which suited concerts and walks on Small nevke, against Stone island. Serf actors executed on them Russian and Gipsy dancings.

At Naryshkin's house at summer evenings on the river on rafts and by boats played some orchestras. Especially big effect was made by horn music. It has been invented by S.K.Naryshkin in 1751

The Horn orchestra represented an original orchestra of wind instruments. It consisted of various size of copper horns. Each horn could publish only one sound which height depended on length of a horn. The longest pipe reached 6 metres, and the smallest of 20 centimetres. For any tone was available on two tools so the full orchestra consisted approximately of 90 persons... ' Such live street organ from it eolovymi whiffs inspired delight, - V.A.Sologub wrote about horn music. The horn orchestra was audible for seven kilometres. - but what was a fate of the musician who had by calculation to whistle in an invariable hole, the invariable note '.

In 1791 a holiday at G.A.Potyomkin played the horn orchestra consisting of 300 musicians. Horn orchestras at other landowners were smaller, they entertained public, or as at Naryshkinyh on Neva or Fontanka, or in private theatricals.

During holidays choruses and orchestras of serf actors welcomed visitors in vestibules of mansions and ' rattled victorious marches and Poles '.