*Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mesmerizingsounds Listen to the fragile and mysterious sound of the glass harmonica,played by Thomas Bloch! Thomas Bloch is a classical musician specializing in rare instruments like the ondes Martenot, glass harmonica, and Cristal Baschet. The glass harmonica also known as the hydrocrystalophone is a type of musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to produce musical tones by means of friction (instruments

🎵 On Uncommon Instrument Awareness Day, we're learning more about the Glass Harmonica! This unusual instrument is played by only a handful of people in the world. Discover how it is used to create the eerie sound of the ‘Mad Scene’ in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. | Royal Ballet And Opera

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

Mozart’s Adagio for Glass Armonica is a mesmerizing piece written for one of history’s most curious instruments: the glass harmonica, invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761. Inspired by the practice of playing melodies on tuned glass goblets, Franklin refined the concept by mounting glass bowls of varying sizes on a rotating spindle. Musicians played it with moistened fingers, producing haunting, ethereal tones. The glass armonica quickly became a sensation, with composers like Mozart and Beethov