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The oldest playable instruments discovered in China are nine thousand years old. It is a Flute with seven holes.

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/28/science/after-9000-years-oldest-playable-flute-is-heard-again.html

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researchers in china have uncovered what might be the oldest playable musical instrument;;called the stone age flute.

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drum

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