musical-glasses

musical glasses

noun
a set of drinking glasses filled with varying amounts of water to produce ringing tones of different pitches when the player's finger is rubbed around the wet rims.
Compare glass harmonica.


Origin:
1760–70

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musical glasses
 
pl n
another term for glass harmonica

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