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Weird Symphony

NPR
Published October 7, 1995 at 11:00 PM CDT

Bill Zeeble of member station KERA in Dallas reports on the performance this weekend of the rarely-heard Khachaturian Concerto which features the flexatone, an eerie-sounding percussion instrument which is very difficult to play.

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