Playpens, fireflies and squeezables: New musical instruments for bridging the thoughtful and the joyful

Leonardo Music Journal

Volumn 12, Issue , 2002, Pages 43-51

  Weinberg, Gil ^a  

^a MIT MEDIA LAB   (United States)

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EID: 70449817170     PISSN: 09611215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/096112102762295133     Document Type: Article

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