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Watch A 110-Year-Old Analog Sequencer Play "Bohemian Rhapsody"

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In this video a 110-year-old fairground organ pumps out everyone’s favorite singalong “Bohemian Rhapsody”. The crazy thing about this archaic device is that it’s programmed through a punch card sequencer, not unlike a player piano—mind you, this was 100 years before someone even started to think about MIDI or sequencing. What track would you punch into those cards?

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