Ever wondered what 37 different-sized wine glasses would sound like if they were played? Well, so did science boffin Benjamin Franklin in the mid-1700s What is it? The glass harmonica, or "armonica", ...

The glass harmonica is back. Learn its origins, Benjamin Franklin’s role, and why musicians are reviving its sound now. Read ...

Friedrich Heinrich Kern plays a version of the glass harmonica called the verrophone for Opera Philadelphia's production of "Written on Skin." (Emma Lee/WHYY) On Friday, Opera Philadelphia will ...

A distorted harmonica growl delivers a raw, visceral texture that turns the classic diatonic instrument into a punchy sound source capable of cutting through dense mixes. Instead of the clean, ...

The harmonica is one of the easiest instruments to learn, but mastering it to a level approaching players like Toots Thielemans and Sugar Blue and can take many years. You may have seen blues players ...

Andy Mackie of Port Townsend set out to beat the record for the world's largest harmonica band. Yesterday evening at the Seattle Center's Folklife Festival he -- and an estimated 1,705 others -- did ...

Harmonicas were commonly called “French harps” or “mouth organs” and mountain men played them superbly. Some still do, though such old-fashioned music is not nearly as common as it was before and ...

HUNTINGTON -- The strains of harmonica music filled Pullman Square Tuesday evening for the Huntington Harmonica Club's Night on the Town. It was the club's fourth appearance at Pullman Square for 2012 ...