Have you ever seen an armonica being played? No... not a harmonica... an armonica - made from glass and played with fingers."Benjamin Franklin invented a radically new arrangement of the glasses in 1761 after seeing water-filled wine glasses played by Edmund Delaval at Cambridge in England in 1758.[6] Franklin, who called his invention the “armonica” after the Italian word for harmony, worked with London glassblower Charles James to build one, and it had its world premiere in early 1762, played by Marianne Davies."
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Did an illustration of this instrument for Highlights for Children awhile back. I think I read that it gave the player lead poisoning?
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