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Wooden music box a marvel of ingenuity and sound

[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"82908","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","typeof":"foaf:Image"}}]]Swedish musician Martin Molin created an ingenious music box using carved wood and approximately 2,000 marble-sized ball bearings. With pulleys, levers and funnels the wood machine recreates the sound of drums, bass and other instruments like the vibraphone and guitar all with the use of a hand cranck to get the marbles moving through the contraption.

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Kohlberg to Acquire Steinway Musical Instruments

Steinway Musical Instruments, Inc., a global leader in the design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of high quality musical instruments, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an affiliate of Kohlberg & Company, a global private equity investment firm.