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English: Glass display case containing a reproduction glass armonica at the Benjamin Franklin Museum in Philadelphia.
Mme Anne Louise Boivin d'Hardancourt Brillon de Jouy “Marche des insurgents,” 1778 Original owned by American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia Franklin's neighbor in France, Madame Brillon, wrote this piece for the armonica to celebrate a turning point for America in the Revolutionary War. Mozart and Beethoven also composed works for the instrument, though Franklin preferred simple Scottish airs. Charles James
Glass Armonica (English), 1761-1762
Reproduction
Independence National Historical Park, gift of
Steven Lash; original in The Franklinana
Collection. The Franklin Institute, Inc., Philadelphia
The armonica's concepts is based on the
sound produced by running a wet finger
around the rim of a glass. Franklin
noted that “of all my inventions, the
glass armonica has given me the greatest
personal satisfaction.” Deborah likened
its sound to “the musick of angels.”
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