Butt his lead poisoning did surely not come from their glass harmonica playing. There are not that many gigs. And they do touch the glass cylinders with the "wet finger" (exactly right hand more than left hand, pointing & middle finger only). I could watch the player from very close as he was positioned next to the first horn.
They do not intake the water necessary for their playing, definitely. Perhaps, their illness could come from drinking too much "leaded" wine during their waiting time, wine from wineyards near to any autobahn. If the story is true. Or was their "lead poisoning" a result from an adultery affair resulting in some shooting ?? Happy New Year , Paul !! ============================================================== -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Mansur Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 6:54 PM To: The Horn List Subject: Re: [Hornlist] Glass Harmonica Revival On Thursday, January 15, 2004, at 12:09 PM, Alan Cole wrote: > Only "original scores from Mozart, Beethoven and other greats," > according to the article. Check out... > > http://www.opinionjournal.com/la/?id=110004558 > > -AC. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > At 05:41 PM 1/15/2004 +0100, you wrote: > >> Any greater use for the glass harmonica ? By important composers ? >> ====================================================== > > Could I note here that glass harmonica players frequently got sick and > died from lead poisoning. The glass was lead crystal in their glass > harmonicas and lead poisoning is a frequent consequence of too much > playing on those things. That seems to be the main reason they fell > into disuse. They really do sound nice; they produce some lovely > effects. Cheers, Paul Mansur > _______________________________________________ > post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > set your options at > http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/pmansur%40bellsouth.net > _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/hans.pizka%40t-online.de _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
