An exquisite novel isn’t the only masterpiece that takes countless hours to build.
In 2011 a Japanese advertising agency wanted a giant wooden xylophone built in the Kyushu forest to promote a wood-encased cell phone. Carefully tuned wooden bars would play Bach’s Cantata 147 when a wooden ball descended in perfect timing, tapping each note as it rolled from one bar to the next. The specially engineered instrument would contain 413 bars sloped at 12 degrees for half the length of a football field.
The engineering and construction of the instrument was nothing less than spectacular.
The crew spent three days to set up the instrument and another six hours for recording so millions of people could enjoy this symphony in the forest.
