crystallophone love

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  • noun A percussion instrument similar to a xylophone, but with glass rather than wooden bars.

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  • While it was only a redesign of an existing instrument, the crystallophone which involved producing sound by fingering variously sized glass bowls Ben Franklin is said to have considered the armonica his favorite invention of all.

    Gizmodo Kyle VanHemert 2011

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