Instrument de Parnasse

Instrument de Parnasse (Fr.), *glass harmonica built by the Bohemian virtuoso Grassa in Paris, 1796, with a pedal-board for the left foot (the right being engaged in working a treadle) (115). Kinsky, Georg. Musikhistorisches Museum von Wilhelm Heyer in Cöln. Katalog, Vols. 1, 2. Cologne, 1910, 1912.

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