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glass harmonica
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glass harmonica
n.
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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Such sounds also emanate from musical instruments known as glass harmonicas, which generally consist of arrays of wine glasses tuned to produce different notes.
Wine glasses and ringing bells by Peterson, Ivars / Science News
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