glass harmonica

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English

Spinning glass disks (bowls) on a common shaft are arranged with the lower notes (larger disks) to the left and higher notes (smaller disks) to the right.

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glass harmonica (plural glass harmonicas)

  1. (music) A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.
  2. (loosely) The glass harp.

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