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Ice Music - Norwegian Musician Terje Isungset Makes and Plays Instruments from Chiseled Ice


Al Dente

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Terge Isungset is a known musician (I didn't know him, but others do).

Related to this, sort of, are two things I can think of:

* The Great Stalacpipe Organ at Luray Caverns

* The Glass Harmonica (incredibly, invented by none other than Benjamin Franklin)

The two "instruments" produce shockingly similar sounds - one is made from rocks vibrating; the other, from crystal vibrating.

Regarding the latter, two interesting things:

* Jamey Turner (a genuinely good musician) is "that guy" you see standing out on the street in Old Town Alexandria, with his Glass Harmonica set up - he's been doing this for as long as I can remember, and I'm certain others here have seen him. His sound is inconsistent, but beautiful.

* Mozart, Beethoven, Donizetti, Richard Strauss, and Saint-Saens all composed pieces using a Glass Harmonica - hard to believe, but true (here's the Mozart).

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