Waiting for or done with dinner? No need to bang on glasses to make a clangy rhythm surely to make your tablemates yell “stop!”. Instead put down the fork, pick up some mallets, and strike the table — a marimba.

A creation by designer Fumiaki Goto (五島史士) brings music to the dinner table, literally. The table is built like a marimba and striking it produces a variety of tones. A diagram briefly explains:

Copper wires are inserted into wooden bars which have holes. They amplify the sound of the wooden bars like a loudspeaker.

Better yet, diners can knock their glasses, forks, etc. on the surface and make tunes without the mallets.

FUMIAKI GOTO design

via Yanko Design