glass harmonica

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glass harmonica

noun glass harmonicas

  1. A musical instrument composed of a series of spinning glass bowls, played with the fingers, invented by Benjamin Franklin.

    Similar: bowl organ, armonica, glass armonica, hydrocrystalophone, hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica, musical glasses

  2. broadly The glass harp.

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noun a musical instrument

Españolarmónica de cristal
日本語アルモニカ arumonika
Portuguêsharmónica de vidro, harmônica de vidro
Françaisharmonica de verre
DeutschGlasharmonika
Italianoarmonica a bicchieri, glassarmonica
Русскийстекля́нная гармо́ника stekljánnaja garmónika

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@misc{glass_harmonica_2026,
  title = {glass harmonica},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/glass%20harmonica},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}