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A SELF-PLAYING MARIMBA IN THE WOODS

by OTW STAFF|Published July 20, 2011

It’s not quite a marimba they built out in a forest, but how it makes its sound is similar. In this awesome Japanese commercial, a rolling ball plays Johann Sebastian Bach’s Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.

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