you have experienced the pure sound that inspired one of Benjamin Franklin's most fantastical creations, the glass armonica. Despite Franklin's lasting contributions to science and politics ...

In Austria, the glass armonica provided the music for a royal wedding. Mozart and Beethoven would compose chamber pieces for it. Benjamin Franklin is available to stream on pbs.org and the free ...

Some of Benjamin Franklin ... know that Franklin is responsible for the lightning rod, bifocal glasses, and the Franklin stove. In 1761, Franklin also invented the glass harmonica (or "armonica ...

So when Mesmer decided the glass harmonica (also often called the ... Listen to this week’s episode to hear more about Ben Franklin’s armonica. Franklin elevated the ancient musical water ...

Benjamin Franklin invented a lot of things—bifocals, electricity, lightning rods, stoves, swimming fins, the odometer and a flexible urinary catheter. Also, the glass harp (or, if you prefer ...

But in the orchestra pit, all eyes are on Thomas Bloch, who is in the process of setting up his most unusual instrument — the glass harmonica, invented by Benjamin Franklin. “There are only ...

Franklin invented bifocals, you know. And the glass harmonica. WHAT A F***ING GUY.” “‘Member how I said I once wrote some Decemberists-esque lyrics for a Ben Franklin tune, but never set ...

Tuesday marked Benjamin ... t catch fire. Franklin was also a really great swimmer and he invented swim fins and paddles. He also dabbled in music with the invention of the glass harmonica.