Armonica

He initially named his invention the ‘glassy-chord’, but changed it in early 1762 to the ‘armonica’, named after the Italian word for ‘harmony’. (w/video) ❋ Unknown (2007)

I also never knew he invented a brand new instrument called the armonica try Googling it for fun. ❋ Fusenumber8 (2006)

For Ariel, we crafted a sound as light and airy as the name, and found an instrument invented by Ben Franklin -- the glass armonica, which sounds like champagne glasses played with fingertips. ❋ Elliot Goldenthal (2010)

Yet Franklin also invented bifocals, the lightning rod, the Franklin stove, a flexible urinary catheter, not to mention the armonica [glass harmonica], and, with his cousin, was the first to name and to chart the Gulf Stream. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Shostak notes that Ben Franklin invented the glass armonica in 1761, inspired by a musical performance on partially-filled wine glasses, which he attended in ❋ Unknown (2009)

The DVD also includes a charming animated feature about the beginnings of the glass armonica, entitled The ❋ Unknown (2009)

Paganini said the music of the glass armonica was "a celestial voice." ❋ Unknown (2009)

Shostak is one of less than a dozen glass armonica players in the world. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The strange maladies may have been a result of lead poisoning from paint applied to the bowl edges, and the lead content of the glass bowls, since some armonica players moistened their fingers on their tongues. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His Crystal Concerts include the only set of glass hand bells in the world, and a glass violin -- one of only two in the world - and feature Ben Franklin\'s invention, the glass armonica. ' ❋ Unknown (2009)

Franklin called his invention an armonica after the Italian word for harmony, and the instrument enjoyed immediate and vast popularity. ❋ Unknown (2009)

HGTV, he is best known for his performances on the glass armonica. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His latest recording is World Glass, a delight which showcases all the glass instruments in his Crystal Concert, including the glass armonica, the glass violin, the crystal handbells, the cristal Baschet, and the glass bowed psaltery. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Carter, an avid musician and one of the richest men in Colonial Williamsburg, owned a glass armonica. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The music that sings through a glass armonica is other-worldly, a celestial harmony that is soothing and mystical. ❋ Unknown (2009)