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Category Archives: Musicology

Ode to a ghostly tune: the science and musicality of glass

By Hannah Krakauer
Posted: October 31, 2011
Category: Musicology | Tagged armonica, Benjamin Franklin, glass, MIT, MIT Glass Lab, MIT Museum, Mozart, music, oboe | 3 Comments
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