I wonder when and how people first discovered that the rims of glasses could be tuned to play different musical notes. Okay, so probably a long time after we discovered that wolves could be trained to play fetch. Still, it's pretty cool. Saw a player at close range in New Orleans once.
That was Beethoven, so your inner Schroeder should dig it.
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That's a very skilled performance of a beautiful piece of music. Have you seen Robert Tiso's website where he describes how to make a glass harp? I can't magine you'd want to, any more than I would, but it's an interesting process.
Then there's the Polish couple who sell a hand blown and ready tuned glass harp that needs no water. That would definitely be easier than searching for the correct glasses in shops and flea markets - a bit expensive, though.
Für Elise was wonderfully chosen for the instrument. Beethoven was a great genius - here's one of my favourites: his Ode to Joy al fresco.
It's true that it's probably not something I'll be doing in the foreseeable future, for various reasons. Still, it's interesting to see what the requirements are. So there's a reason everybody uses glasses with stems.
The Polish couple have a nice-looking website, it must be said. On an educated guess I'd say that they mostly sell to specialists. It's certainly conceivable that someone might be a glass harp specialist in an orchestra, and this would be perfect for them.
That "Ode to Joy" had a lovely spontaneity to it. Spontaneous for the crowd, at least. The guy in white tie and tails holding up a double bass is a good sign that it might have been sort of planned by the musicians.
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