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When the first clear note came—pure, wooden, carrying decades of practice—the little circuit hummed into life. The LED flared and a tiny speaker, wired as a chime, sounded once. It wasn’t magic; it was tuned components and careful calculations. Yet watching the light blink for her mother’s single note felt like a message sent and received.

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