"Of all my inventions, the glass armonica has given me the greatest personal satisfaction."
Benjamin Franklin
It is "the most beautiful and pleasant instrument ever possessed by mankind..."
Roellig
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Benjamin Franklin playing his Glass Armonica
"The impact of this instrument borders on the fabulous, and it is likely, if it ever should be lost, that the tale of this instrument will be for the future what the history of Orpheus is for readers today."
Roellig |
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"The advantages of this instrument are that its tones are incomparably sweet beyond those of any other."
Benjamin Franklin
"The ear of a mortal can perceive in its plaintive tones the echoes of a divine harmony."
Chateaubriand
"There has never been an instrument more important for the future than the armonica...."
Roellig
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