This video, from a lecture by famous Taiwanese conductor Wen-Pin Chien, shows one of his students playing the Super Mario Bros theme on the sheng, an ancient Chinese wind instrument.
The sheng is a a mouth-blown free reed instrument consisting of vertical pipes dating back to 1100 BCE, commonly used in Chinese opera and modern Chinese orchestras. While we're on the topic, here's the Super Mario Bros theme performed on wine bottles with a remote controlled car.
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