Playing his violin at inns and taverns, Dean Shostak is a common sight in Colonial Williamsburg. However, Shostak specializes in an instrument that separates him from other musicians: the glass ...

Franklin’s musical invention, the armonica, became a sensation in Europe. Franklin developed a musical instrument that he called the armonica (after the Italian word for harmony). To play the armonica ...

French musician and glass armonica expert Thomas Bloch shows his instrument to journalists prior to rehearsal with the Los Angeles Orchestra, on March 7, 2014 French musician and glass armonica expert ...

When looking at Dale Chihuly's 'Campiello del Remer, Ireland,' you might be surprised to see cut crystal. Chihuly is known for using vibrant and expressive colors in his works, showcasing the wondrous ...

It was the first and only time that Dennis James smacked a celebrity. During a 1999 taping of “Live with Regis and Kathie Lee,” Regis Philbin excitedly got up, strode over to James and reached for his ...

Glass-ical Musick will be coming to Redding when armonica player Dennis James performs in Redding on Jan. 7. He will perform and educate audiences about his instrument, the glass armonica, which was ...

Two years ago, percussionist Jake Schlaerth scored a Mason Gross fellowship to study the glass armonica His mastery of the instrument is featured in the nation's No. 1 film, "Logan," the latest ...

If you have ever entertained dinner guests by running a wet fingertip around the edge of a crystal goblet to create a musical tone, you have experienced the pure sound that inspired one of Benjamin ...

When mischievous children at fancy restaurants inevitably put wet finger to crystal glass rim, they create a ring that is mostly considered annoying by grown-ups. But the cultivation of that sound, ...