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What is the range of your instrument?
It is now nearly five octaves, which, as far as we know, makes our instrument the biggest glass harp in the world.

 

What is the origin of the term "glass harp"?
We use the term coined by Bruno Hoffman, the greatest promoter of glass music in 20th century. He created the term because of its resemblance to the aeolian harp. It is controversial, whether or not using such a term is justified. Nevertheless, it has become popular among other performers, so we also use it. Personally, we like the term coined by Richard Pockridge, who called the set of "singing wine glasses" The Angelic Organ.

 

How many musicians perform on glass instruments nowadays?
The Glass harp is quite rare today and only few musicians maintain its tradition throughout the world. In Poland there is only one professional group - The Glass Duo. More popular is the glass harmonica. Although it is more comfortable for the performer, in our opinion, it is not as inspiring, not as expressive as the glass harp.

 

Where does your repertoire come from?
There are many original works composed especially for glass instrument, for example by such masters as Mozart or Beethoven. We have got several such works in our repertoire, but we try to promote glass music not only with original literature, but rather with our favorite pieces of music. We play mostly our own arrangements, but also works composed especially for us by other composers.


 
   


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