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    What instrument has a name that comes from the Italian language and was invented by an American national hero and a famous French Queen took lessons on it? What Italian word is the name derived from, who invented it and who was the Queen?

    Question #69397. Asked by teash. (Aug 06 06 9:56 PM)


    ceetee

    		That would be Benjamin Franklin's glass armonica (from the Italian "hormony") and the queen was Marie Antoinette.
    http://www.pbs.org/benfranklin/l3_inquiring_glass.html

    Aug 06 06, 11:02 PM
    ceetee

    		That is of course "harmony". Slight slip of the fingers; no Freudian meanings intended

    Aug 06 06, 11:03 PM
    teash

    		way to go ceetee!

    Aug 07 06, 4:36 AM

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