Chamber Bowls
Glass Harmonica
Uprigth Bass
Composed and performed by DD, Paris, France, Friday 9th July between 13hs and 14:30hs
Photo by Shiran Siboni
for this challenge:
https://llllllll.co/t/disquiet-junto-project-0497-benjamins-glass
This project is in honor of Benjamin Franklin, after whose Junto Society our little group was named. In an effort to expand and refine the glass harp, Franklin developed his own lathe-like glass harmonica, which he called the “armonica.” Marie Antoinette took lessons on it and Beethoven composed for it, but Franklin’s invention proved expensive and fragile, and it had a limited lifetime. And it may have given its frequent users lead poisoning.
You are not being asked to build a Franklin armonica. But like Franklin, we are going to expand on the glass harp. In our case, we are going to do so digitally.
