1.7M views · 17K reactions | The Glass Harp is a set of cristal glasses tuned with water and played by rubbing the fingers on the edge, and this guy named Petr Spatina, is a real virtuoso! facebook.com/goodwatermusic | Rare And Strange Instruments | Facebook

The glass harmonica is a hauntingly beautiful instrument, conceived by Benjamin Franklin in 1761. It consists of 20 to 54 crystal bowls spun horizontally along an axis, each tuned to a different pitch. When the performer touches the rims with moistened fingers, the bowls sing with long, shimmering, bell-like tones—sound hovering between presence and absence. Thomas Bloch, the French virtuoso, renders this ethereal instrument into an immersive soundscape. Every note drifts and intertwines like a

Originally invented by Benjamin Franklin, the glass armonica sounds simply amazing. Credit: William Zeitler on Youtube | Happy Mag

Glass Armonica (spinning glass bowls... that break) | Rob Scallon

Dean Shostak is one of the last true masters of the glass armonica — an enchanting instrument first invented by Benjamin Franklin. Now, Shostak is bringing back the lost art of playing glass. https://greatbig.is/2u6fRGb | Great Big Story