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Clip from Take On Technology  |  Season 1  |  Episode 8  |  ABC  |  December 1, 2013

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F 1-2 3-4
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Jerome demonstrates his handmade percussion instruments and the sounds they make

Jerome demonstrates his handmade percussion instruments and the sounds they make

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