The glass armonica, invented by none other than Benjamin Franklin (working with glassblower Charles James), produces ethereal sounds from friction on a series of extremely delicate nested glass bowls, which form a keyboard.
Rob Scallon: "Nudge the instrument, glass shatters. Press it too hard, it doesn't play. — Read the rest
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