Via thing:25560.

Old metallophone (toy) rejuvenated by Arduino, some electromagnets and printed parts :
vimeo.com/46571145
Detail :
vimeo.com/47593529

Can be played with mouse, keyboard and midi files, samples included in software pack:

• Georges Brassens – Ballade des dames du temps jadis
• Agnes Obel – Riverside
• Yann Tiersen – Comptine d’un autre été
• Julian Nott – Wallace and Gromit
• Michael Giacchino – Married Life (“Up” soundtrack)

Flash (AS2) on the software side:
chaaawa.com/xylobot/

Thanks to midicsv:
fourmilab.ch/webtools/midicsv/

Not the first xylobot in the world, but maybe the first in the Thingiverse !

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