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By Jenny Harada / The Bulletin
December 11, 2009
If you’ve ever rubbed the outside rim of a wine glass with a wet finger, you know that it creates a pitch.
Fascinated by this sound, Benjamin Franklin invented the glass armonica in 1761. Featuring a row of glass bowls of graded sizes held together by an iron rod, the ethereal-sounding....
