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"Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" played on A Glass Armonica (www.youtube.com)
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Context: The Glass Armonica or Glass Hermonica was invented in 1761 by Benjamin Franklin. These devices are incredibly fragile and applying too much pressure or not wetting your hands enough can lend itself to broken glass shards in your fingers.

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[–] slaughterhouse@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

Oh, that's absolutely gorgeous. Haunting and beautiful.