anna_wing

I've always fancied learning to play a hammered dulcimer, whether the Western version or a yangqin, but was put off by the endless amount of tuning required (I am learning to play the local harp-equivalent, which has confirmed this prejudice). I then found this:


https://www.elementaldesign.me/glass-musical-instruments

Scroll down a bit, and you will find a Glass Hammered Dulcimer, which is basically a glass xylophone arranged like a hammered dulcimer. I have enough random musical instruments that I can't play to any serious level of expertise, including a proper bamboo xylophone, so I don't intend to buy this one just yet (shipping would be tricky too). But I absolutely would love one! I'm not sure about the durability of plate glass though. And repairs would be impossible. Oh well, one can dream.

With bonus poem by Edna St Vincent Millay, one of my favourite poets:

“Siege"

This I do, being mad:
Gather baubles about me,
Sit in a circle of toys, and all the time
Death beating the door in.

White jade and an orange pitcher,
Hindu idol, Chinese god,—
Maybe next year, when I’m richer—
Carved beads and a lotus pod...

And all this time
Death beating the door in.