and referred to as a glass harmonica. They discovered that the instrument, also known as the armonica, had been invented by Benjamin Franklin, one of America's founding fathers. During his ...

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 ...

Benjamin Franklin may have helped give birth to a new nation, but the glass armonica was the Founding Father's "most cherished creation," according to English professor Corey Mead. Best known as a ...

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 ...

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 ...

A rotating horizontal spindle supporting graduated bowls that ring to the touch, the glass harmonica is the result of tinkering by none other than Benjamin Franklin, who modified it from earlier ...

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.

There is the sound of type being set on a printing press, of a glass harmonica, and of a recitation of itemized army supplies. In a word, the new Benjamin Franklin Museum is noisy. “Franklin was the ...