Make: Online : Crazy glass armonica

Crazy glass armonica

This "glass armonica" a banned musical instrument apparently “causes insanity” - I'm not sure about that but it's gorgeous looking and sounding... (more about it at the Wikipedia too).

Comments

Oldest comments listed first.

Posted by: Brian on May 10, 2008 at 6:45 AM

Featured prominently in an episode of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood.

http://www.wttw.com/main.taf?erube_fh=wttw&wttw.submit.EpisodeDetail=1&wttw.EpisodeID=57275&wttw.Channel=WTTW

Reply to this comment

Posted by: Jamie on May 10, 2008 at 11:53 AM

The old glass armonicas were made out of leaded crystal so the people who played them a lot would get lead poisoning. Thus, the craziness.

Reply to this comment

Posted by: Anonymous on May 10, 2008 at 2:26 PM

Made me go insane; but then, what do I know. I'm insane.

Reply to this comment

Posted by: Tyler on May 11, 2008 at 3:43 AM

WOW

Haahahah, thanks guys! You guys rock!

http://oddstrument.com

Reply to this comment

Posted by: JTony on May 11, 2008 at 10:12 PM

Wasn't this invented by Ben Franklin?

Reply to this comment

Posted by: JTony on May 11, 2008 at 10:15 PM

I guess if I read the Wikipedia link I'd know that, yes, it was invented by Ben Franklin.

Reply to this comment

Posted by: Joel on May 14, 2008 at 12:12 PM

A great performance

We've seen Dean Shostak play this thing every holiday season for the past four or five years. It's truly a haunting and fascinating performance.

He's added other glass instruments over the years. He now plays a 100% glass violin on stage as well.

There was a rumor of a glass Cello. But I don't know how that's going.

Reply to this comment

Posted by: Anonymous on June 9, 2008 at 2:42 AM

here a link to a virual glass armonica
http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/musician/virtualarmonica.html

Reply to this comment

Subscribe to MAKE Magazine!

Subscribe today, save 42% and get web access to MAKE free. MAKE Digital Edition is available only to subscribers.

$34.95 / 1 year
(4 Quarterly Issues)

Subscribe now

Void your warranty, violate a user agreement, fry a circuit, blow a fuse, poke an eye out. Make: The risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things... Welcome to Make: Online!

More guides: Santa Claus Machines, Geek Toys for Grown Up Girls & Boys

Check out all of the episodes of Make: television

Connect with MAKE

	MAKE on Facebook Visit our Facebook page and become a fan of MAKE!
	MAKE on Twitter Follow our MAKE tweets!
	MAKE on Flickr Join our MAKE Flickr Pool!

make_tips on Twitter

Why advertise on MAKE?
Read what folks are saying about us!

Click here to advertise on MAKE!

Make: Online authors!

Gareth Branwyn
Senior Editor

Phillip Torrone
Senior Editor
| AIM | Twitter

Becky Stern
Associate Editor
| AIM | Twitter

Marc de Vinck
Contributing Writer
| AIM | Twitter

John Park
Contributing Writer
| Twitter

Sean Ragan
Contributing Writer
| Twitter

Matt Mets
Contributing Writer
| AIM | Twitter

Dale Dougherty
Editor & Publisher
| Twitter

Shawn Connally
Managing Editor
| Twitter

Goli Mohammadi
Associate Managing Editor

Kip Kay Kip Kay
Weekend Projects
| AIM | Twitter

Collin Cunningham
Contributing Writer
| AIM | Twitter

Adam Flaherty
Contributing Writer
| AIM | Twitter

More contributors: Mark Frauenfelder (Editor-in-Chief, MAKE magazine), Kipp Bradford (Technical Consultant/Writer), Chris Connors (Education), Diana Eng (Guest Author), Peter Horvath (Intern), Brian Jepson (O'Reilly Media), Robert Bruce Thompson (Science Room)

Suggest a Site!

Current Podcast

Weekend Project: Beetlebot Simple robot from your parts bin that avoids obstacles. Thanks go to Jerome Demers for the original article in MAKE, Volume 12. To download the Beetlebot video, click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the complete Beetlebot article... More...