The Most Dangerous Musical Instrument

You may not know of the Glass Harmonica, but it remains one of the world's mysterious musical instruments.
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[@BlueCometDude]

Eskify trying to pronounce “Hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica” will always be a sight to behold

[@Eskify]

I no do words good

[@BobbySacamano]

Sight

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@@Eskify the dog is the woman's child. even though his son is like a dog but because he comes from a rich family. he could be elected leader in the United States

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@Eskify making more than a video per year is a sight to behold. The toilet uncloging factory must really busy.

[@MadameRaven1]

“ That's called bullying.” that just got me.😂

[@kathrynbillinghurst188]

The sound is like an orchestra…I never ever knew about this musical instrument! I’m 54!! 😬

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

When finding out about the glass harmonica, I was thinking "how the heck can an asthmatic be able to blow his breath from this?"

[@bruhnisher5454]

Anyone else actually like the sound the glass harmonica makes?

[@macili3669]

That one nutcracker song goes hard on this instrument

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[@treavorwhitlock5606]

With all the toxic shit people of that social class were using, it's most likely coincidental. It sounds fucking creepy though, like way to kill the vibe at every party you drag that stack of fucking spooky bowls to

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Yoko Ono: "hold my mic"

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[@sepdawg33]

Eardrum begins raining blood shortly after.

[@buskingkarma2503]

😂😂

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IM HOWLING!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂

[@mikeeverett2006]

Actually the glass armonica was invented by Franklin to make playing of the glasses easier. Before it was only wine glasses filled with water, which was very difficult to play. Robert Tiso right here on KZbin does an excellent job, who I enjoy greatly, even if he re-records over himself. I have myself been repairing antique music boxes for years which sort of has a similar sound, and have enjoyed carillons very much and am still very much alive, so I don't think the arminica is really a deadly instrument. If anything it is very peaceful and relaxing.

[@CynthiaPrice79]

I’ve seen it called an “armonica,” as well.

[@Ste_Brit]

I thought it sounded quite relaxing tbh 😂 I kinda like it

[@JohnSmith-qy1wm]

Also potentially lead glass but you'd have to play a hell of a lot for that to be a problem

[@yamanuhem.netjer3165]

I did not know Ben Franklin created it but I've heard it before. Lovely sound... Perhaps folks put off by it wouldn't enjoy a Theremin either.

[@zach7193]

Remember seeing that in a episode of Liberty's Kids.

[@DocHolliday1851]

Personally, I like the sound. I also genuinely enjoy pipe organs though.

[@ravenlord4]

Wow, that's even scarier than the world's second most dangerous musical instrument -- the Aztec death whistle!

[@grandthanatos]

I actually own one of those. Every time I use it, it makes my office that much spookier.

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@@kathrynbillinghurst188 actually, that might not be a bad idea.

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[@traoresfan208isback8]

RIP to the 1st person who played the glass Harmonica to hear what it sounded like.

[@zombiechicken7114]

Fascinating. Very odd. But I agree the music is haunting. It's a shame it was pretty much lost.

[@Eskify]

Time to bring it back

[@LordBitememan]

Now I DEMAND a slasher film where people hear bagpipes as the killer approaches. Thanks for this. You've put this in my head now.

[@saraha80]

😂😂

[@grandthanatos]

Now there's something I can definitely turn into a story. I'll have to do some research.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

I have heard them being played at colonial events it is a truly beautiful sound.

[@mangot589]

It really is! Imagine before. And it’s still so pretty.

[@kirkmorrison6131]

@@mangot589 Yes, it sounds to me like Angels singing

[@cheegus4160]

Colonial events?

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

Awesome to see a new video! Thanks for posting, Eskify! Your videos are always interesting!

[@Eskify]

I appreciate that, thank you

[@JMM33RanMA]

It sounds like a theremin, I wonder if there are any complaints about the newer electronic instrument.

[@DerFilc]

Related unrelated fact: Glass Harmonica is also the title of the only banned animated film in the USSR. It's on youtube and quite trippy

[@deborahberger5816]

Franklin shared a house in London with William Hewson, a young physician who gave informal anatomy lessons at home. Dissecting human bodies was not allowed legally, so Hewson would have obtained bodies by hiring “resurrection men” (grave robbers), who would smuggle corpses from the cemetery or snatch them right off the gallows. When Hewson was done with them, he simply buried his nine adults and six children in the cellar. Ben probably didn't take part in all this, but he surely knew about it. I've always imagined that his job was keeping a look-out for spectators while the anatomy gang brought the bodies to the house and lugged them upstairs. p.s. There's a busker in a suburb of Washington D.C. who sometimes plays musical glasses on the main drag. That's actual glasses, not a Glass Armonica (Franklin's name for his instrument).

[@robertwilloughby8050]

I think this is the best instrument for creating psychodrama!

[@ShyIntrovertQueen143]

As a person that plays two musical instruments I thought they were the only safe things in my life 😂

[@grim_reaper_luckydeath1416]

The glass harmonica it sounds so beautiful and yet so haunting it's wicked

[@misterguts]

I was certain you would report that glass harmonicae would explode into flying shards and impale everyone nearby. I was a little disappointed that that was not the case.

[@mathieuleader8601]

somebody uses the glass harmonica on a track now that's what I call a *KILLER TRACK!*

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[@theondes]

Well done for the lively and entertaining way of talking about my beloved armonica. Nice to see my hands here and there in the video. Otherwise, to reassure people who would like to attend a concert, I still don't have too many psychiatric symptoms, after 35 years of practice so you should last an hour or two... 😂

[@Videogamer13]

Eskify you should play the glass harmonica in your next video

[@mathieuleader8601]

I just imagined a supervillain performing Chopin's funeral march on the glass harmonica

[@nicktwolf]

There is a tv show called Secrets of the Dead that talked about bones found in one of Franklins houses. One of the people who lived with him was believed to be studying anatomy. So it was likely the human bones were from corpses that were being dissected. Can't have the police knowing what you are doing with human remains so they were hidden in the house. Think about how long it would take to get good at it and the number of hours to practice to be basic level.

[@charlottesometimes6977]

OP is correct!

[@SweetLilWren]

Love the bagpipes player equated to be on the road to becoming a serial killer 😮😅

[@duelde-consulting6403]

The first design was one tube with various sizes all blown into the one long tube. However, it wouldn't stop producing ectoplasm or either out of thin air. So design was changed to multiple glass bowls stacked.

[@bazurful]

The Hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica (thanks BlueCometDude) might have caused miniature seizures due to harmonics and frequencies associated with the natural "inner frequency" of human beings. A lot like you can break glass at specific frequencies you might break blood vessels.

[@allib4921]

*If you'd like an example of how haunting it sounds in the form of a song you've likely heard before, KZbin **_Aquarium_** from **_Carnival of the Animals._* It's literally one of my favorite classical pieces. The sounds conjure mental images of fish darting around as well as delicately floating along the sea floor. It's incredible, making it all the more stunning that its composer, Camille Saint-Saëns, thought the whole suite would be a flop.

[@nicolebogda1482]

So is the….instrument what gave Franklin syphilis? 🤔 Deadly indeed! I think I will stick with the theremin for my creepy sounds for madness😂❤ Thanks as always Eskify, you never disappoint!

[@SweetLilWren]

😂

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I enjoy hearing Eskify determined to pronounce this "hydro.." word lol ☺️ .

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Been off the tube fore a while, just too much. But boy, I realized I missed YOU!

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[@jamesleuthauser9336]

HEY! The bagpipes weren't meant to be beautiful, they were meant to be terrifying and haunting while being heard for miles in the open wilderness, and they did that well

[@SonicPhonic]

The instrument is used in The Aquarium, Carnival of the Animals, by Saint-Saens.

[@guitardipu]

That is why an electric guitar is awesome...you become hercules!!!

[@theredman2783]

I'm pretty sure any musical instrument can be deadly if you swing it hard enough. And the bagpipes if you play them loud enough.

[@laborlart]

Oh, you mean the very instrument that inspired the original Doctor Who Theme

[@SweetLilWren]

Really😮 Neat!

[@raymondsix4694]

What is the animated cartoon used towards the end of the video?

[@0_dearghealach_083]

Am I the only one who wants this instrument to be used more? I love the sound of it.

[@runspace]

I also tend to open up portals to evil dimensions with the chord progressions I make with my midi controller

[@charlottesometimes6977]

Now here I thought you were going to do a story on Skinny Puppy...😂

[@carlabattershaw4271]

All your videos are such a delight! Thanks once again for the epic upload!!❤

[@Eskify]

I'm glad you like them

[@Quarks_Bar]

I think the Haunting Sounds of the Glass Harmonica are Quite Beautiful.

[@vikingskuld]

Hey cool video thank you

[@Sports_King69]

It sounds amazing

[@reettaelina]

When I was trying to play piano I was going insane

[@michaelvalenzuela2528]

Now I wonder what a glass guitar would sound like?

[@kingalex105x7]

funny how genshin used this for a battle theme in fontaine where it literally plays while youre busy dying

[@gilcalisti5860]

They just don't want us to have control over such strong vibrating frequencies! There is literally no other speaker or instrument that can replicate this wave spectrum!

[@gilcalisti5860]

There are surely a lot of good things and also dangerous things you can do with it. But too much power in one hand. So they cut us off! Don't think they don't use it themselves.

[@v.prestorpnrcrtlcrt2096]

Thanks for standing up for Glass. Sometimes they get a bad wrap.

[@BadringerGronger]

This feels like an April fools joke.

[@thepastcomesalive2082]

I heard about this instrument that uses propane to make it work from the 1800s now that’s dangerous too.

[@user-km2cp1fi6z]

Benjamin Franklin is my 7th great grandfather

[@1ukjunglednbraver]

Could make some good ambiant type music with samples of this.

[@BobDoll-wh2ed]

It's the effect the frequency has on the brains electromagnetic feild.... look into hemi-sync and the effect differnet frequencies have on the brain

[@CinimodNorton]

I would love to own one and learn to play it, cost would prohibitive. Damn, it could be cool.

[@channelsixtyeight068_]

Seems more like a hygiene problem. Wetting your fingers before playing, meant transferring pathogens.

[@JegorSercuTravel]

what is the building at 5:40

[@zelly8163]

Thanks for the posting. It is a good pitch for movie 'The instrument that sends you crazy" Maybe based on the life of Marianne Davies (1743 or 1744 - c. 1818).

[@alexohkay]

Sounds like big piano trying to spread misinformation 4:45

[@SweetLilWren]

2:22 eerie

[@jacoballred]

My doctor told me not to worry about pronouncing those odd words correctly. Because often it's hard even for a doctor to pronounce.

[@wondergranny2299]

How bizarre!

[@toxicgraphix]

I've been saying "old timers disease" for a while now as a joke play on words knowing full well it's not correct. I thought I made it up myself.

[@meganveloso7711]

Hehehe, Black Butler.

[@Murglie]

This sounds like the script was written by AI

[@tolvfen]

I havn't died yet 8-) Seriously, the same may people say about lissen to healing bowls, if it feels un-right you are not in harmony

[@jasonzacharias2150]

Ben Franklin needs to go fly a kite and add a y

[@carkawalakhatulistiwa]

the dog is the woman's child. even though his son is like a dog but because he comes from a rich family. he could be elected leader in the United States

[@doodlebug99]

I mean if you break the word down it shouldn’t be that difficult😂 hydro-daktulo-psychic-harmonica. Also, I think the deaths have something to do with the frequency affecting the brain

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😅❤

[@MrSinghParmjeet]

Playing for demon 😅😅

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click bait

[@markpuryear3389]

This is all propaganda from Big Piano.

[@JuvenileStacks]

Third

[@Quarks_Bar]

I lost my shit hearing you mispronounce Hydrodaktulopsychicharmonica.

[@ViraShyam]

Fake

[@KellyNorman-wu6qr]

I like the way it sounds