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(music) A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.
1900 illustration of a glass harmonica
(music) A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.
Spinning glass disks (bowls) on a common shaft are arranged with the lower notes (larger disks) to the left and higher notes (smaller disks) to the right.
(music) A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.
A glass harp, an ancestor of the glass armonica, being played in Rome. The rims of wine glasses filled with water are rubbed by the player's fingers to create the notes.