All posts tagged "invention"
23
Feb
Can An Instrument’s Sound Cause Insanity? Maybe.
“The glass armonica’s ethereal notes were said to cause insanity, depression, and marital problems.” It was thought that the glass armonica’s ghostly and ghastly notes caused insanity in it’s musicians and listeners. People were frightened by Benjamin Franklin’s new musical…
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23
Feb
Xylophone for the Ice Ages and the H20rchestra
One of the things that greatly excites me about musical instruments is the possibility of creating them from unexpected and ordinary materials. In this case, water. The Pagophone uses bars of ice as it’s primary source of vibration. They pagophone…
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