The instrument had a spinning rod with glass bowls of different sizes, each tuned to a different note. Musicians used a foot ...

Also, the glass harp (or, if you prefer, glass armonica). Franklin wanted to improve ... It looks a lot like a man massaging a stack of plastic cups but sounds like a really creepy version of ...

Dennis James would do just about anything for music. In his quest to master the glass armonica, he has had little choice. Invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761 and favored by Mozart, the ...

To play the armonica, a musician powered a foot pedal to rotate 36 concentric glass bowls and produced notes by putting wet fingers to the spinning glass. In Austria, the glass armonica provided ...

Despite Franklin's lasting contributions to science and politics, his favorite invention was perhaps this rare creation: "Of all my inventions, the glass armonica has given me the greatest ...

Explore the enchanting world of the glass armonica, an 18th-century invention by Benjamin Franklin, and its unique music. Navy chief removed from duties for investigation My Undocumented Filipino ...

The glass armonica, invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761, was demonstrated to Ludwig van Beethoven and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart when Franklin visited France during the American Revolution.

The armonica's glass bowls of graduated sizes are tuned to the notes of a chromatic scale, and are mounted on an axle turned by a treadle mechanism. Later on, the row of glasses was suspended over ...

In addition to inventing the lightning rod and bifocal glasses and signing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, Benjamin Franklin developed the glass armonica. The instrument ...

Today he is one of a small handful of American musicians who regularly play the armonica — a row of glass bowls on a spindle, rotated by foot pedal and lightly rubbed with wetted fingers.

The armonica's glass bowls of graduated sizes are tuned to the notes of a chromatic scale, and are mounted on an axle turned by a treadle mechanism. Later on, the row of glasses was suspended over ...