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glass harmonica

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A musical instrument consisting of a set of graduated glass bowls on a rotating spindle that produce tones when a finger is pressed to their moistened rims.

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  • noun music A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin. See armonica.

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