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Musical Instrument

posted 17 years ago by bardintraining
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Can anyone tell me what it is Maria and Julia are playing in the scene just as Tom returns to Mansfield Park?

[–] randommovies2002 17 years ago

It's the glass harmonica.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_harmonica

My favorite instrument, invented by Benjamin Franklin. The father of our country..literaly

George Washington is considered to be the father of our country, not Ben Franklin. Sorry but that just struck me as very odd that you said that, I've never heard of Benjamin Franklin being called or even remotly considered the
Father of our Country.

[–] LCShackley 16 years ago

Too bad they only let us see it through some warped glass. I've never seen anyone play a glass harmonica, but I have a couple of CDs featuring it. It's a beautiful sound.

Now...how about the instrument that the boy was playing when the fireworks were going off? I think it was a hurdy-gurdy...

[–] bernie-81 16 years ago

yep...definately a hurdy-gurdy