glass harmonica
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.
Noun
glass harmonica (plural glass harmonicas)
- (music) A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.
- (loosely) The glass harp.
Synonyms
- bowl organ
- armonica
- glass armonica
- hydrocrystalophone
- hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica
- musical glasses
Derived terms
Translations
a musical instrument
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