Category: Glass

High speed glass harp player! »

This guy is an incredible wine glass player. Watch the video and be amazed:

About the glass harp:
The glass harp was first discovered by the Irish inventor Richard Pockrich in 1741. “[Richard Pockrich's] instrument consisted of 26 goblets. It is played by running moistened or chalked fingers around the rim of the glasses. Each glass [...]

Virtual glass armonica »

This is a crude, but interesting digital emulation of the glass armonica’s sound:

Glassharmonica & quartet / AdagioK617-Mozart by Thomas Bloch »

I found this Mozart piece to be the perfect complement to this beautifully laid-back Sunday afternoon. I hope you do too. Please relax, open your ears, and enjoy the wonderful sound of the glass armonica:

Via YouTube:
Complete first movement (Adagio) from the famous Mozart “Adagio und Rondo” K.617 for Glassharmonica and Quartet by Thomas [...]

Banned musical instrument “causes insanity” »

The glass armonica’s ghostly notes will cause insanity in its musicians and listeners! At least this is what was thought to be true in the 18th century. People were frightened by the armonica’s sound due to it’s strange interactions with the human brain and ears (more on this later). Benjamin Franklin invented the [...]