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GLASS HARMONICA

A rare container used to hold beverages in minibars so as to make them difficult to replace.

Do you have Coke in a glass harmonica?

by Boots November 27, 2007

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GLASS HARMONICA

what kind of sad weirdo looks this up for fun. by the way itis a musical instrument.

by gandal June 9, 2003

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Glass harmonica

A musical instrument consisting of a number of glasses partially filled with water. The glasses are filled to different levels, hence the production of different notes when the player rubs their rims with a moistened finger. The sound thus produced has a haunting, otherwordly quality. It is most famously called for in the "Mad Scene" from the opera LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR by Donizetti, although that part is now usually played by a transverse flute.

Opera fan A: What's your favourite recording of LUCIA?
Opera fan b: The one with Beverly Sills, because it uses the original scoring for glass harmonica.

by djprobed September 14, 2006

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