A feast fit for a musician

By Shay • Apr 11th, 2008 • Category: Bonus Happy Fun Time     

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

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4 Responses »

  1. Apple on April 11th, 2008 at 8:53 pm:

    I wander if there’s any live demo for us to watch?

  2. Shay on April 11th, 2008 at 9:11 pm:

    haha I know :) I wanna see this thing in action :P

  3. Todd on April 14th, 2008 at 2:37 pm:

    That’s cool, but it’s kind of hard to visualize. Are all of the wooden pieces on top of the table the keys?

  4. BentoBeatBoxer on April 18th, 2008 at 9:57 pm:

    Man, that is crazy cool! I want one of those!

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