Armonica meteorologicale

Armonica meteorologicale (It.), *aeolian harp of Abbate G. C. Gattoni of Como, in 1785, consisting of 15 strings of different diam. which he had strung between his house and a tower, set in vibration by the wind, but because of atmospheric influences it seems to have been more successful as a barometer than as a musical instr. Also called arpa gigantesca (176). Sachs, Curt. Reallexikon der Musikinstrumente. Berlin, 1913.