Glass Armonica (was "Glass Harmonium")

[Don]

Hi,

One of the interesting tidbits about this instrument is that players used
to become insane. Turns out there was lead in the glass and they got lead
poisoning--needless to say the instrument fell out of use.

At 10:52 AM 2/26/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>  There was an article and picture in a Smithsonian issue, around the
>middle of 1998 but I have been unable to find it on the Smithsonian web
>pages. The following web page has links to Armonica articles, pictures,
>music downloads and a current manufacturer.
>
>http://www.glassarmonica.com/sites.htm
>
>Mike McCoy
>So Central Pa Chapter 170
>Middletown, Pa
>Mailto:mjmc@ibm.net
>
>
Regards,
Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.M.T., R.P.T.

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