# Post a video of an arcane musical instrument

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** music\
**Created:** [August 21, 2019, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-video-of-an-arcane-musical-instrument/839011 "2019-08-21T17:29:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-video-of-an-arcane-musical-instrument/839011/61 "2022-12-07T09:03:32Z")

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The sarrusophone is a double reed brass instrument:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/n6Y2uiydezE/hqdefault.jpg "Bass Sarrusophone by Michel Jolivet") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6Y2uiydezE)

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**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-video-of-an-arcane-musical-instrument/839011/62 "2022-12-07T09:41:19Z")

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Here’s a one-of-a-kind instrument called the Marble Machine, which is operated by a hand crank that drops thousands of marbles down guided paths onto various percussion pads.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/IvUU8joBb1Q/maxresdefault.jpg "Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvUU8joBb1Q)

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**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-a-video-of-an-arcane-musical-instrument/839011/63 "2022-12-07T13:26:51Z")

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The OP specifically didn’t want one-of-a-kind instruments.

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