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Glass harmonica

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harmonicanounA musical wind instrument with a series of holes for the player to blow into, each hole producing a different note.
glass harpnounA musical instrument consisting of glasses (typically wine glasses) tuned by putting different amounts of liquid into them. Sound is produced by rubbing one's fingers around the rims of the glasses, causing them to vibrate.
harmoniumnoun(music) A small keyboard instrument that consists of a series of reed pipes, which sound when one of the keys is pressed to open a valve that allows air to pass through.
harmoniphonenounA free-reed musical instrument played with a keyboard, in which the sounds are produced by reeds set in a tube, and vibrating under pressure from the breath; a precursor of the modern melodica.
harmoniphonnounAlternative form of harmoniphone. [A free-reed musical instrument played with a keyboard, in which the sounds are produced by reeds set in a tube, and vibrating under pressure from the breath; a precursor of the modern melodica.]
harmoniconnoun(dated, music) The harmonica.
hydrodaktulopsychicharmonicanoun(rare) The glass harmonica.
harpnoun(music) A musical instrument consisting of a body and a curved neck, strung with strings of varying length that are stroked or plucked with the fingers and are vertical to the soundboard when viewed from the end of the body
aeolharmonicanoun(music, obsolete) A form of harmonium.
organ harmoniumnoun(music) A large harmonium used instead of a pipe organ.
hosaphonenoun(music) A home-made musical instrument consisting of a length of garden hose with a funnel inserted at one end. It is played by blowing it in the manner of a trumpet.
harmonometernoun(rare, dated) An instrument for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds.
french harpnounSynonym of harmonica.
mouth harpnounSynonym of Jew's harp.
jaw harpnounAlternative form of Jew's harp. [A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer's mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones.]
jew's harpnounA musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer's mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones.
mouth harpistnounSomeone who plays a mouth harp (either a harmonica or a Jew's harp).
jew harpnounAlternative spelling of Jew's harp. [A musical instrument consisting of a flexible metal or bamboo “tongue” attached to a frame. This tongue is placed in the performer's mouth and plucked with the finger to produce a note of constant pitch. Melodies can be created by changing the shape of the mouth and causing different overtones.]
electric harpnoun(music) A type of harp with a solid body and electric pickups on each string, in order to amplify the instrument's sound.
telharmoniumnoun(historical) An early electric musical instrument for producing music at a distant point or points by means of alternating current. An operator plays a keyboard, and the music is reproduced remotely by a receiving instrument resembling a telephone, but not held to the ear.

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