Yes... he is using a bow to get long, drawn-out notes out of the bells/glockenspiel by running it along each keys' front edge, rather than just tapping. It really puts out an interesting sound live. If I remember correctly from the Gramercy show, it was also on this song that Shane was tapping the bass strings with a metal block. Funny, the two seemed to trade off techniques on their respective instruments for this one.
By the way, I love how the whole band uses more "outlandish" instruments in interesting ways, it really gives the music a whole different dimension than if Lisa had some synth player standing behind her.
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