VIDEO: Cork teen finds proof that brass instruments can increase your lung capacity

Playing a brass instrument increases lung capacity, a Cork secondary school student has found.

Orlaith O’Driscoll, a 4th year student at Clonakilty Community College, Co Cork, who plays the cornet, wanted to prove a long-held theory about brass players.

The 16-year-old checked the lung capacity of 50 brass players and 50 non-brass players to see if there was a noticeable difference and found there was.