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  "path": "/2026/04/20/this-weird-bowed-instrument-sounds-disturbingly-like-a-person.html",
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    "daxophone",
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    "Hans Reichel",
    "instruments",
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  "textContent": "This rare instrument, called a daxophone, sounds eerily similar to a human voice when played. There's something haunting about it — great soundtrack to a horror movie, or for scaring away unwanted neighbors.\n\nAccording to Good Music (@top.music.songs), the daxophone is an electric wooden instrument invented by Hans Reichel in the 1980s. — Read the rest \n\nThe post This weird bowed instrument sounds disturbingly like a person appeared first on Boing Boing.",
  "title": "This weird bowed instrument sounds disturbingly like a person"
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