The Glass Armonica

[ezwriter]

Banned Musical Instrument Causes Insanity

"The glass armonica’s ghostly notes will cause insanity in its musicians and listeners! At least this is what was thought to be true in the 18th century. People were frightened by the armonica’s sound due to it’s strange interactions with the human brain and ears (more on this later). Benjamin Franklin

Comments

[ex_hickory]

very awesome! thank you

[pharmqueen]

WOW.

That was amazing.

[figbash]

Nice! I second the thanks.

[msmeliss]

yes, thank you for sharing this... very fascinating history and instrument... love it... I would love to play one OR make one... perhaps at oode? ;)

[ezwriter]

SO down! =)

[songmonk]

Ha, I got confused by your video until I realized at the end that two clarinets and a harp were playing along with the glass armonica. :-)

I watched some other videos on YouTube, and now I get it. It's like wetting your fingers and running them around the rim of a wine glass!

[ezwriter]

Yes! Very much like that. =)