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Take a Break

Take a break and watch this machine play music with 2,000 marbles

It’s mesmerising.

TAKE A FEW minutes for a pre-noon break and watch something special.

This mesmerising machine has been a labour of love for Swedish musician Martin Molin, of the band Wintergatan, for over a year. It uses 2,000 marbles and 3,000 custom parts to play music.

Wintergatan / YouTube

And there’ll be more from the Wintergatan Marble Machine, as the band says this is just the first song to be programmed into it.

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