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 Posted: Fri May 29, 2009 6:26 am
ok so here goes, would a glass armonica, be considered an instrument from the steampunk era. I mean, Ben Franklin did invent it during the industrial revolution, and it was kinda steampunkish at heart... xd I'm just trying to find a reason to scrape several hundred dollars together and get one i think haha
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:15 pm
Dude, if you know how to play one of those suckers, do it.
Who cares if it's steampunk at that point.
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:44 am
Idia Dude, if you know how to play one of those suckers, do it. Who cares if it's steampunk at that point. Given how beautiful the sound of one of those is, I'm going to agree. eek
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Posted: Sat Jun 06, 2009 12:19 pm
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 6:45 pm
It's more than unique enough to make it steampunk. Besides, that would be so coool.
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Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2009 8:38 pm
crying epic fail found the only company that makes them in the u.s. I feel like crying like crazy now... unless i hit the lottery it's highly unlikely that I will ever own one. Glass Armonica$7555 for the lowest priced armonica... sweatdrop too bad they dont take gaia gold rolleyes
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Posted: Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:54 pm
Chris_Ffolger crying epic fail found the only company that makes them in the u.s. I feel like crying like crazy now... unless i hit the lottery it's highly unlikely that I will ever own one. Glass Armonica$7555 for the lowest priced armonica... sweatdrop too bad they dont take gaia gold rolleyes That is pretty expensive. But also understandable, if they are the only company that makes them. If you can get it from out of the country for cheaper maybe. Or just work very hard for a very long time. Start saving now!
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Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2009 9:44 am
Idia Chris_Ffolger crying epic fail found the only company that makes them in the u.s. I feel like crying like crazy now... unless i hit the lottery it's highly unlikely that I will ever own one. Glass Armonica$7555 for the lowest priced armonica... sweatdrop too bad they dont take gaia gold rolleyes That is pretty expensive. But also understandable, if they are the only company that makes them. If you can get it from out of the country for cheaper maybe. Or just work very hard for a very long time. Start saving now! my wife spends my money on anime... sweatdrop
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Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:34 am
Probably for the best. The armonica has an unusual psychological effect on those who listen to it. Something about the sound increases the production of chemicals in the brain associated with depression. Or...so I have been told. Could be complete bunk.
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2009 9:40 pm
It was said that the armonica was too close to heavenly music, and thus demonic. Most were destroyed. Modern ones, to my understanding, aren't as good as the originals because the glass bowls then were made with lead, which it is now known to be unsafe to use.
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Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:39 am
I think its cheaper and a whole lot easier just to make one yourself. I did and although it sounded about as heavenly as a nail scraped on glass it was an armonica.
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Posted: Sun Jun 21, 2009 11:17 am
I've read a lot of armonica players got lead poisoning from the instrument, which might be why most of them lost their minds.
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Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 5:02 am
Saint Voltage I've read a lot of armonica players got lead poisoning from the instrument, which might be why most of them lost their minds.
Seems a more reasonable explanation for the accounts, I suppose. Although it doesn't really address the claims of having driven mere listeners to madness. In any case, I suppose the "curse of the armonica" is just one of those urban legends that can't be put to rest.
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