The coin sounds did it for me.

Totally bad-ass instrument-Wanna put my mouth onnit!!

Sounds like a teensy calliope-thingy...

this instrument really is amazingly close to the real super mario sound

Can I marry her??

Here's another Sheng example:
http://youtu.be/_iR-KrbeFs0

And another:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nn45L7Sebjw
I've never heard of this instrument before, but it can sound like everything from a theremin, kazoo, bagpipes, and evidently as we see in the OP video, synth. Pretty amazing.

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So cool. *promote

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Just saw this via Neatorama and was blown away. I love it and now I'm going to search for the Legend of Zelda theme on the sheng.

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Sooooo bad-ass!

EL and P needed one of these.. this seems quite tremendous

I'm sorry but this looks like a musical cock.

Apparently you've never seen a clarinet. Or flute for that matter.

Ya, but this one is huge and black with here hands cupped around the base.

Did you find it?

No, but I've started taking lessons from the old Kung Fu master who lives down the street. I'm practicing three times a day and hope to be able to play it very soon. Once I do I'll put it on YouTube so you can see how awesome I am.