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The phenomenon of rubbing a wet finger around the rim of a wine goblet to produce tones is documented back to
Renaissance times;
Galileo considered the phenomenon (in his Two New Sciences), as did
Athanasius Kircher.
a set of wine glasses (usually tuned with water) is generally known in English as "musical glasses" or " glass harp".
It can also be referred to as a "ghost fiddle".
The Irish musician Richard Puckeridge is typically credited as the first to play a such glasses (see angelic organ) by rubbing his fingers around the rims. [1] Beginning in the 1740s, he performed in London on a set of upright goblets filled with varying amounts of water. During the same decade, Christoph Willibald Gluck also attracted attention performing in England on a similar instrument.
Angelic organ
-- kenb215 talk 17:39, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
The phrase "well-loved carols come to life" is breathless marketing speak which could be improved only by the addition of an exclamation mark. Have amended to "well-known carols are performed'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.227.4 ( talk) 14:56, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
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The phenomenon of rubbing a wet finger around the rim of a wine goblet to produce tones is documented back to
Renaissance times;
Galileo considered the phenomenon (in his Two New Sciences), as did
Athanasius Kircher.
a set of wine glasses (usually tuned with water) is generally known in English as "musical glasses" or " glass harp".
It can also be referred to as a "ghost fiddle".
The Irish musician Richard Puckeridge is typically credited as the first to play a such glasses (see angelic organ) by rubbing his fingers around the rims. [1] Beginning in the 1740s, he performed in London on a set of upright goblets filled with varying amounts of water. During the same decade, Christoph Willibald Gluck also attracted attention performing in England on a similar instrument.
Angelic organ
-- kenb215 talk 17:39, 26 August 2007 (UTC)
The phrase "well-loved carols come to life" is breathless marketing speak which could be improved only by the addition of an exclamation mark. Have amended to "well-known carols are performed'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.167.227.4 ( talk) 14:56, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
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