Thomas Bloch informations: http://www.thomasbloch.net - Finkenbeiner : http://www.finkenbeiner.com - The French multi-instrumentalist virtuoso Thomas Bloch (ondes Martenot, glassharmonica, cristal Baschet) plays the glassharmonica and gives his first lesson to the actor Alan Alda (the doctor in the famous "Mash") for a "Scientific American Frontiers" TV program. The first part (see video : " Glassharmonica maker / Gerhard Finkenbeiner meets Alan Alda " - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_kPOI... ) shows the german master glassblower Gerhard Finkenbeiner (1930 - 1999) who has rediscovered and has built the Glassharmonica since the beginning of 1980's in Waltham, MA (USA) telling the story and showing to actor Alan Alda how to make it and how to make a glass explode with a sound. February 1998.
Other names : armonica de verre (France), Armonica de vidro, orgue de verre (France, Belgium), crystal harmonica, crystal armonica, glass organ, crystal organ, Armónica de cristal (Spain), Armonica a bicchieri (Italian), glasharmonika (Germany, Denmark, Sweden), glassharmonika (Norway), Harmonika szklana (Poland), 0¢0Î0‚0À0´ (Japan), close instruments : glass harp, glassharfe, glass harfe, harpe de verre, verrophon, verrophone, seraphim, verres musicaux, musical glasses
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I am so tired of seeing Alan Alda. I think he's funny, smart and all around good-guy BUT PLEASE... enough already. Seeing him on Scientific American Frontiers ALL THE TIME is BO~REENG!
They should have a mix of hosts and break up the stale pattern they've established. For being an intelligent program, the programming is NOT!
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They should have a mix of hosts and break up the stale pattern they've established. For being an intelligent program, the programming is NOT!