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  • super

  • I love the guy who's all "there's child labor laws against that!" when she's just joking with the kid.

  • This small instrument is about $8,000. Larger ones can be as much as $20,000 as I understand it.

  • I'm pleased it served its purpose to cause insanity. I see, you are living proof, no?

  • where you from?

    America? How bout a canadian song.

  • @Disposition446 Baby baby baby woaahhh

  • Is it wrong to say I want one? XD It looks easier to play than a piano.

  • Farnklin used a pedal to turn the glass hemispheres. The armonica supposdly became unpopular due to lead inherent in colonial glass of the hemispheres,but this was not true just rumor as well as causing headaches because of high pitch-that I could believe. The real reason is that it was difficult to transport due to constant glass beakage and concert halls were getting too large and and not conducive to its range. Mesmer used it in his therapy sesions to relax his patients and for his seances.

  • I've read that it fell out of favor because the volume was not enough to use with other instruments of the day. And the piano was coming into favor in a big way.

    I haven't heard the insanity part, but can see how that would come up.

    Ben carried one with him in his travels and played it in parlors where he'd visit.

  • lol, dumbass, place a pedal underneath your device, like old sewing machines, so the surrounders dont need to turn the weel

  • @LordThomsie You're missing the point. Crowd participation is GOOD when you're entertaining.

  • @BrianaGhostGirl Lol, what when there are no people who want to turn the wheel?

  • just WONDERFUL!

  • how could haendel (who died in 1759) wrote music for glassharmonica if franklin "invented" it in 1761? Franklin did'n invented it he simply build a better model

  • do want

  • Pretty funny how all passers by just stop and linger staring in a daze.

    buzzing out to the glass harmonics like newbs. I wish som1 would busk with 1 of them in nz auckland. Ud be raking it in. perhaps even crackin free advertising on the radio from local statons lol. I mean how old and busted was robot guy when we first got him. :)

  • she need good sex life thats her problem

  • Absolute nice musician!

    Greetings from the 82 million people's country where most of the world's Meyers come from!

  • shoot. there's one of these in the game Pepper's Adventures in Time.

  • Rachei os bico dessa mulher. "Devir-cósmico da criança" total.

  • I found an exemplar in Bach house museum in Eisenach. I know Mozart wrote a score to this very instrument and homage to Franklin

  • this is amazing. don't ever stop. ever.

  • That would suck if you cut yourself on one of those.

  • how does it make sound shit ? its only a glass harp !!!

  • i want one!!!!

  • wooooo

  • I believe the reason it was thought to cause in sanity is because they used lead paint (or another toxic element/chemical paint) for the golden keys, and players would rub their fingers on it enough to become poisoned. I learned this when I went to Virginia and saw someone playing an armonica there.

  • She sounds like Ellen..

  • Dude, isn´t that bach?

  • @Strikeminator yea Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

  • Why doesn't this woman have a pedal? *facepalm* if you can somehow come into possession of an instrument that runs over $7,000 you'd think you'd put a little extra money in to fashion a pedal for it lol

  • @Zen420919 Probably pedal to run smoothly has to be fast and she needs slower rpm.

  • Why doesn't this woman have a pedal? *facepalm* if you can somehow come into possession of an instrument that runs over $7,000 you'd think you'd put a little extra money in to fashion a pedal for it lol

  • I was brought her by Black Butler :DDDDD

  • @malou1998 Me too!!! xD

  • @malou1998 same lol XD

  • Kuroshitsuji <3

  • @xXMusicxJunkyXx HELL YES.

  • It's amazing to me that a video about a beautiful and rare musical instrument has turned into an argument about China, Taiwan, etc. Very simply put, most of the people on the island of Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China, are of Chinese decent. Many of the older people were actually born on the mainland. The Republic of China is what ended imperial rule in 1911. The culture and heritage of China is still alive on the island since the seperation only happened in 1949.

  • @kjmillig1

    well she did say, it makes people insane and awaken the dead, dead people arguing insane people online, big mass.

  • even though she has the toy she still gets her fingers wet

  • @zaflon 

  • @zaflon aaaaaahhahhahahah

  • Singer sewing machine with foot pedal?

  • Kuroshitsuji! :D

  • @paperplane147852 oh thank God! I thought I was alone!!!!

  • you should hook up an old sewing machine pedal to it and spin it yourself

  • That sounds so creepy yet badass. It tripped me at when the screen went black and i looked away then kept playing the music

  • Now I'll never decide should I buy this or a Hydraulophone -.-

  • this instrument has a lovely clear tone to it i love the sound of it

  • ben franklin was obviously smoking cannabis when he made this instrument.

  • 1:08 well thats not racist :) purple bamboo

  • @beaversqueser69 As offensive as it has the potential to be, music does have the tendency of being similar across geographically related cultures; I mean, I'm American and I won't be offended if someone plays Chopin.

  • Great job.. I absolutly love this instrument.. Wish i could buy one XD.. and i think a simple foot peddle would really help in your playing.. Just a friendly suggestion since participating spectators and dmall children are hard to come by XD... great job you sounded fantastic!!.. 5 billion out of 5

  • thanks so much for your kind comments, in support of my sincere attempt just to show respect (which inadvertently went so awry).

  • As played from the top of the cliffs of insanity!....Inconceivable!

    red weight set end piece at 3:11

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  • Last I read, to get the proper glass blown and tuned, it can cost from 9 - 20,000 dollars. This info from Glass armonica yahoo group. This is why there aren't more out there. Just too expensive to build. I'd love to build one but.......

  • @akamouse im from taiwan and fuck chinese ok. Taiwan hate china thats it. gg

  • Only drawback is pruney fingers.

  • Guy in the green shirt is an obnoxious, cocky hipster.

  • @Ricktard1010 Yeah, he was trying to impress his woman... she wasn't impressed and neither was the armonica player, she switched right to the purple bamboo song... did ya notice? :-D I wasn't impressed by him either... someone should have popped him in the mouth as soon as he stopped his hideous laugh and leaned back forward!!! KAPIYA!!! Silence.... :-D You were very nice with your words. In my part of the country, we call them jack-asses!!! :-D

  • 1:08 haha

    Where are you from?

    --"Tiwan"

    .."How bout' a Chinese song" haha

  • @2245DRUMMER lol! exactly. its like saying ill play u a german song coz ur from iceland.

  • @2245DRUMMER Taiwan and China are both the same in terms of culture, Taiwan is basically what was left of the democratic chinese government in the early 1900's, then they got pushed out by the communist revolutionaries so they went to the closest island being Taiwan, and actually Taiwan's full name is the republic of china

  • @2245DRUMMER

    Ummm.........almost all Taiwanese people are of Chinese ancestry.

  • @kjmillig1 Great logic, I'm from the united states, so sing me a old European song..

  • @kjmillig1 Just don't tell them that.

  • @2245DRUMMER i was thinking the same thing...

  • @2245DRUMMER -

    Where are you from?

    - Serbia

    - How about a Croatian song

    - Where are you from?

    - Pakistan

    - How about an Indian song

    - Where are you from?

    - South Korea

    - How about a North Korean song

  • @salihadjic Oh my God hahahahaha the last one !

  • @2245DRUMMER fuckin racist bitch

  • @Corruptoide could you please tell me who invented it

    thanks

  • @Stuy777 Ben Franklin did invent this arrangement of the Glass Harmonica, however the first person credited with playing an instrument producing this sound, made by rubbing the rim of a wine glass was Richard Poekrich circa 1740's

  • This wasnt invented by Franklin, he just improved it.

  • @Corruptoide wrong answer

  • @Corruptoide

    He did invent the instrument as we know it- obviously he didn't event rubbing a finger on a glass.

  • I wonder how it's made! Cause I want to make one!

  • @DJelectfire Gotta get a glass blower bro... The good ones are made of a particular type of chryatal glass mixture that resonates really well. The glass and the labor are very expensive. It isn't easy, even for a very experienced glass blower, to make the bowls. The basic setup is like a wood lathe. One end can compress and one end stays locked. There are cork pieces between the bowls, that don't damp the vibration but give structural support to the stack. That's it, really....

  • dont u get blisters from that thing?

  • sucks to be the guy that has to sit there and turn that shit lol

  • Taiwan≠China in case anyone was wondering...

  • @whatbrains .... uhm..whats your point?.. the people that live there speak Chinese, write Chinese, are ethnically Chinese... (for that matter Taiwan is the name of the island but the name of the nation is the "Republic of China" not to be confused with the "People's Republic of China" across the strait)

  • Wasn't this instrument impractical because it risked exploding when used over long periods of time

  • lol where are you from Taiwan k how bout a Chinese song lol...

  • @swapandnap 98% of the population of Taiwan is Han Chinese....

  • im now in love with that sound its like angelical

  • i'm sure the thai couple didn't appreciate that.

  • I wonder if she still has fingerprints...

  • meh.... i can play better

  • 10 bucks says she voted for obama

  • *the guy from Clockwork Orange runs up and smashes it with a sledghammer, yelling "Nerd!"

  • So, is this similar to sliding your finger around the rim of a wine glass? It produces are very similar sound and I noticed a bowl of water next to her which I assume is for wetting her fingertip like you have to do with wine glasses.

  • She's a perfect example that it doesn't cause insanity :D

  • 1:00 allright stop it

  • if you can play piano,you can play the glass armonica...The cheapest one out there I've seen are around $8,000 bucks though!!! If I could figure out how to do the wine glass version,I'd go with it instead,but where could you find the type of crystal glasses to do it??? 

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  • i loved the purple bamboo! why dont you get a little foot pedal like an old spinning wheel so you dont have to use a motor or a spectator?

  • Technically, Ben fanklin did not invent the "glass" harmonica, it was a lead crystal harmonica. Players would begin getting higher and higher levels of lead in their blood by absorbing it rhough their fingers. High levels of lead in anyone's blodd can lead to instanity as one side effect. So, in a sense it did lead to insantiy. Nowadays, the instruments are made of a different compound of glass which gives same sonic quality , but without the Pb in it.

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  • 'we're from taiwan' 'oh well lets play a chinese song'... lol...

  • @mrnosy1 what's so funny about that? The Chinese have controlled Taiwan for centuries. It is only separate from the mainland because the democratic Chinese government that was overthrown by the Mao's communists retreated to Taiwan after the revolution succeeded in 1949. It's proper name is "Republic of China" as compared to the mainlands proper name of "People's Republic of China".

  • @treker2379 right, i see... I didn't know that :P Thought the woman was being steriotypical in suggesting that all asians are Chinese.

  • @mrnosy1 Figures... People like you, who always wait for the opportunity to start trouble, who rarely listen or think about what is going on.... She was thinking of a song that those people may know, that she could play for them. She was very gracious to them, and trying to show some respect, and maybe not so far from home. People like you, stir the shit and make it into something it is not. Think, before you speak. Others, around you, will fare much better if you do.

  • where does one buy one of these. or at least find a glass maker to make parts?

  • @g11690102 Finkenbeiner: They start at $7k

  • @crpederson i guess i better start praying for 7k in donations.actually i just need some custom glass made. a new twist on an old idea.

  • I would like to sincerely apologize to any and all people I may have inadvertently offended. I was simply trying to play something that I thought might be familiar, to help my listeners better appreciate the music, and so that they might hear something they might recognize. I apologize for having created such a fervor. Visit me in Harvard Square and I will try to learn your favorite song from your culture.

    Thank you...Vera Meyer - glass harmonica

  • @glassyvera Only narrow minded liberal people want to make trouble from something as simple as that concept. Your heart was/is in the right place so don't change your attitude over people who just don't get the greater good concept. I understood, at once, what you were doing. It isn't rocket science girl!!! You took a song that they would probably know, as to hopefully make them seem not so far from home. Simple show of respect. NOT offensive... Rock-on!!! You done good!!! :-D

  • Taiwan? How about a chinese song? Lol

    Thats like asking: Israel? How about some Wagner...

  • @vpmitchell It is not. Many Taiwanese regard themselves as chinese, since Taiwan was called "Republic of China" before the (much bigger) People's Republic of China was founded on the mainland. Taiwan has common cultural heritage with the PRC and judging from the tune that Vera has played, it is from a time before the separation which took place between the KMT and the Communists. Please do your homework before criticizing.

  • @nomajeen Thank you very much for your understanding and support. I was indeed just trying to play something I thought they would recognize as a culturally familiar melody.

  • WHAT IS HER NUMBER?!

    i want her at my birthday party D;

  • Ben Franklin said that of all the inventions he ever came up with... THIS was his favorite & was most proud of. His fascination with Pythagoras' notion of "Harmony of the Spheres" inspired him to build this... & therefor he used it not only to entertain... but also to heal people suffering from dis-ease.

  • i wanna make one

  • HOWA BOUT A CHINESE SONG!!!!!!

  • lol @ "I was thinking of maybe Bach and a little Star Wars?"

  • Uhh is that a dude or a chick??

  • is that like piano? Cuz if it was I would be able to play that

  • Only ben franklin could have invented that.

  • she does seem a little crazy tbh

  • I remember that sound from restaurants when I was a kid. I was the one making the sound and everyone would look around the room hahaha.

  • holy crap ... was ben franklin a wizard?

  • @thatOtherDude100 not sure but he was a player.

  • @thatOtherDude100 omfg best comment out of all the ones here

  • @thatOtherDude100 he was a mistic n a philosopher :)

  • @thatOtherDude100 Yes. Yes, he was. :D That's why the French loved him so much!

  • @thatOtherDude100 Only a wizard of awesomeness.

  • like this if you watched it through Black Butler 2. lol

  • Why TW or CHN bothered? whatever. the instrument is amazing.

  • @TenkaKun

    This Chinese Song is called "Purple Bamboo".

    Chinese -> 紫竹調

    It's amazing for that section play.

  • I forgot Taiwan and China are the same thing

  • que genia!!

  • The reason people thought it drove you mad is because the volume of a traditional glass armonica is between 1,000 - 4,000 Hertz, which makes it impossible for our brains to triangulate and pinpoint exactly where the sound is coming from, therefore leaving our minds searching left and right, literally, for the direction of the sound. It literally drives us mad!! Even if we don't notice it.

  • Bach or STAR WARS??? GTFO

  • i saw this on black butler II and had to find out what it was

    awesome

  • @senrilanka: omgoshh, same heree.! lmaoo :D

    anime fans unite.! ^_^

    beautiful playing :D

  • @senrilanka I didn't even notice that this was the same instrument that the maid was playing! Good eye~

  • @senrilanka xD Kuroshitsuji keeps introducing such interesting things, and now I've been wanting a glass armonica ever since the episode aired, gosh Dx Fortunately, there is a company that makes these glass armonicas, and they are custom made...but there's no stand or pedal D': Also, the cheapest one is like $8000 for 2 octaves >.> I'm 14...and I'm saving for a 20k flute too...Why does kuroshitsuji keep making me want things I can't afford? I think I'm going to have to sacrifice my future car...

  • @KagamineLenX3 Remember this. If you are so serious about music, it sounds like you may make your living or partly, from playing music, so.... A car does one thing!!! It gets you from point A to point B. Your decision is this... How cool do you want to "look" getting there? The musical instruments will take you many places a car cannot. A good armonica is from 15-25,000 dollars and the best of transverse flutes can cost 40,000 dollars. Good luck with your music!!! :-D

  • @senrilanka that is where i found it to and i just had to find out what in the world it was and i love it. pulse i am the only one in my group of riends that can even get a sound out of a normal wine glass.

  • @senrilanka that is where i found it to and i just had to find out what in the world it was and i love it. pulse i am the only one in my group of friends that can even get a sound out of a normal wine glass.

  • @senrilanka - same here O.O!!!

    and what he said and the girl said was right OAO.....

  • @senrilanka lol me too XD i still cant understand the beautiful instrument...0_o

  • @senrilanka You and me both o_o; it was worth looking up.

  • play free bird!!!

  • i though wudnt it be cooler if it was made from ice.........but then it would melt :L

  • I would hear pn the radio years ago, ads for the glass armonica, which was made by Gerhardt Finkenbeiner who had a company in Waltham, MA. (G. Finkenbeiner.& Co.) Mr Finkenbeiner was later killed in a plane crash. I'm sure others must be making this beautiful, and I find, fascinating instrument.

  • ah the tritone scale. the only two note scale. hahaha

  • @HJWins i was going to make fun of him for saying that and then i realized he must have been referring to the locrian mode.

  • @rafasilva1

    das meinst du nicht wirklich, oder?

    sag mal wie dämlich kann man eigentlich sein, das man meint, man könne an eine glasharmonika solcher bauart ein pedal bauen???

    vollidiot

    und jetzt zum eig teil::

    die tante iss ja ma der oberhammer!!!

    alter, das sieht schwer aus!!

    der hammer

  • Why doesn't she put a pedal?

  • The most famous piece for glass harmonica: Mozart - Adagio in C, KV 617a. I like it.

  • notice the guy almost immediately turn around when she says 'star wars' in the beginning.

  • "Where you from".. "Taiwan?" .. "How 'bout a Chinese song" LoL

  • The first song is from the DVD menu of The End of Evangelion. Nice song... creepy.

  • ... the first tune is a Bach Coral ...

  • @ "What, the tritone scale?"

    Music Theroy, and history fail.

  • @kratanuva725 "Music Theroy, and history fail."

    Spelling, touch-typing, and spell checking fail. (Hee hee hee)

  • In most states within the U.S., child labor laws exclude glass armonica operator assistants. A typical salary for a 7 year old employeed as such is $8.75 per hour.

  • THAT LITTLE GIRL SUCKED, FUCK THAT BITCH

  • @apothead Your comment is highly inappropriate. You should lay off the pot, and try something more mellow like crack.

  • @madamerotten FUCK YOU NIGGAH

  • oh shit she thought she was chinese

  • Bravo ! Very haunting instrument , and a very interesting history . From what I understand is that the reason the person playing the armonica appeared to be insane was from the lead that leached off the glass cylinders and into thier bodies from the glazes on the glass. To hear one live is a treat because the music whips through the air and at times it feels as if it goes right though you . I love it ! In the right acoustical setting , it is a magical experience !

  • @TinyDancerOne Most historians concur that lead poisoning was not really an issue with this instrument; there were many other sources of lead ingestion in that period of time that far outweighed the tiny amount of lead exposure resulting from playing it.

  • Harvard Square is in Cambridge silly, Right over the mass ave bridge.

  • tri tone scale? hahaha

  • The rims of the bowls aren't true, are they supposed to be that way?

  • She's funny