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Inventors Portrait: Ernest Nussbaum, inventor of the Practicello

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From PBS Digital Studios’ Inventors, meet Ernest Nussbaum, inventor of the Practicello. Be sure to check out the entire series.

There are more inventions and more instruments on this site, as well as the must-see trailer for the documentary Landfill Harmonic

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