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MiddleFingerMom

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5. Benjamin Franklin invented what he called the Glass Armonica... based on the goblet instrument.

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 10:36 PM

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I think it was 37 glass/crystal bowls set sideways on a foot-pedal-operated
spindle. It allowed 10 different notes to be played simultaneously -- which
was impossible on the goblet set-up.
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I believe it's been discredited, but there was long a belief that accomplished
musicians of either instrument had a HIGH percentage of late-developing
psychosis -- the theory was that it had something to do with the neural
feedback from the vibrations being produced.
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The Sugar Plum Fairy........via glass...Amazing! [View all] CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 OP

Very nice my dear Peggy One Voice Dec 2011 #1

My dear One Voice... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 #3

My dear CaliforniaPeggy! MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #2

My dear MiddleFingerMom! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 #4

Benjamin Franklin invented what he called the Glass Armonica... based on the goblet instrument. MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #5

Thank you for this fascinating tidbit! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 #6

Thanks for posting this. Lionel Mandrake Dec 2011 #7

You're welcome, my dear Lionel Mandrake... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 #8