Not your Mama’s harmonica!

I always thought this instrument was cool, and didn’t get enough play. It’s called a Glass Harmonica. Ya ever see that video of Hugh Hefner playing music using champagne glasses?  It’s the same idea, only stacked up and tipped over. It was actually created by Ben Franklin around 1761. It was originally thought to cause insanity. That in part is why it fell into obscurity, and is not seen much today. Oh Ben, what will you think of next? Nothing. You’re dead.

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