| 单词 | glass harmonica |
| 释义 | > as lemmasglass harmonica glass harmonica n. A musical instrument consisting of a row of rotating, concentric glass bowls of different sizes, each of which produces a different note when the tip of a finger is rubbed around the moistened rim. Later, more generally: any instrument which uses glassware tuned to produce musical tones: see finger glass n. (b) at finger n. Compounds 2a.Although there have been various mechanical and motorized models, the most common form resembles the Armonica instrument invented in 1761 by Benjamin Franklin (see harmonica n. 1a) in which the bowls are fitted on an axis turned by a treadle and dipping into a trough of water. ΚΠ 1805 Sketch of Performances Large Theatre, Lyceum 8 Two Automatons... The second, is a Figure of a young lady, who plays..on a species of Glass Harmonica, or Musical Glasses. 1862 C. F. Pohl Cursory Notices Origin & Hist. Glass Harmonica 3 Visitors [to the Exhibition] will for the first time have an opportunity to see an almost forgotten instrument—the Glass Harmonica. This instrument consists of a number of bells of crystal or glass, in progressive order, which..are set in motion by the foot. 1904 Catal. Crosby Brown Coll. Musical Instruments: Europe (Metrop. Mus. Art) 220 Glass Harmonica. Thirty-five hemispherical glasses arranged on a central rod. The original instrument gave a compass of three octaves. 1991 S. J. Gould Bully for Brontosaurus xii. 187 He heightened the effect with music played on the ethereal tones of a glass harmonica, the instrument that Benjamin Franklin had developed. 2013 A. McKinty I hear Sirens in Street 12 The melody was carried by a glass harmonica, a really weird instrument that reputedly made its practitioners go mad. < as lemmas |
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