glass harmonica
noun
: a musical instrument consisting of a series of rotating glass bowls of differing sizes played by touching the dampened edges with a finger
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Across from the church on the Paul Revere Mall, a small crowd huddled around a table beneath a tree, listening to a woman tease music out of a glass harmonica. 
BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2021 About 10 years later, Benjamin Franklin—one of the founding fathers of the United States—invented a mechanical version of the glass harp, called the glass harmonica. Science Buddies, Scientific American, 26 Nov. 2015 Ethereal notes of a glass harmonica, its sound resembling that of clinking glasses, tinkled as incense wafted through the air. National Geographic, 5 Mar. 2019 Playing vocal tag with the eerie glass harmonica, lying on her back to sing a vocalise of erotic ecstasy, her voice bloomed with radiant allure, and Lucia was herself at last. Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2018 Giselle responds to sudden flourishes from the flute (or glass harmonica), as if hearing calls from the beyond. New York Times, 10 May 2018 These innovations were among a familiar list of discoveries and inventions we credit to his genius: electrical conduction, the Franklin stove, the glass harmonica. John Wilmerding, WSJ, 28 June 2019 Ethereal notes of a glass harmonica, its sound resembling that of clinking glasses, tinkled as incense wafted through the air. National Geographic, 5 Mar. 2019 Playing vocal tag with the eerie glass harmonica, lying on her back to sing a vocalise of erotic ecstasy, her voice bloomed with radiant allure, and Lucia was herself at last. Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2018 See More
BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2021 About 10 years later, Benjamin Franklin—one of the founding fathers of the United States—invented a mechanical version of the glass harp, called the glass harmonica. Science Buddies, Scientific American, 26 Nov. 2015 Ethereal notes of a glass harmonica, its sound resembling that of clinking glasses, tinkled as incense wafted through the air. National Geographic, 5 Mar. 2019 Playing vocal tag with the eerie glass harmonica, lying on her back to sing a vocalise of erotic ecstasy, her voice bloomed with radiant allure, and Lucia was herself at last. Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2018 Giselle responds to sudden flourishes from the flute (or glass harmonica), as if hearing calls from the beyond. New York Times, 10 May 2018 These innovations were among a familiar list of discoveries and inventions we credit to his genius: electrical conduction, the Franklin stove, the glass harmonica. John Wilmerding, WSJ, 28 June 2019 Ethereal notes of a glass harmonica, its sound resembling that of clinking glasses, tinkled as incense wafted through the air. National Geographic, 5 Mar. 2019 Playing vocal tag with the eerie glass harmonica, lying on her back to sing a vocalise of erotic ecstasy, her voice bloomed with radiant allure, and Lucia was herself at last. Heidi Waleson, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2018 See More Word History
First Known Use
1913, in the meaning defined above