Explore

Showing results

Hide images

Musical Glasses.

Technical description: Cabinet on legs with 25 glasses; compass 2 octaves C₄ to C₆. Arranged in four rows from back to front; natural scale in central two rows, accidentals in back row and front row. Rims of glasses painted in colours. Repair History: Two glasses not original.

  • Culture:
  • Period:
  • Materials:
  • Specific materials/techniques:
  • Decorative elements:
  • Inscriptions:
  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:133.2 Sets of friction vessels
  • Repository:University of Edinburgh