SIMON RUMMEL
GLASS HARMONICA
This is a list of musical glasses I collected over the years. If you need some of them for making music, you can contact me and we will see under which circumstances a loan is possible. If there is otherwise sufficient idealism, it works without money.
Even if the frequencies look quite precise, they are still an approximation. Nearly every glass changes pitch constantly when being played, due to the three dimensional shape. I still identified a "main frequency" which might but be subjective in some cases where I marked a secondary frequency as "equal". Usually the lower frequency is percieved as main frequency, while the fading out of the sound has a tendency to higher frequencies, if one lets the glass vibrate whithout touching it anymore.
Main Frequency |
Index |
Tone |
Secondary Frequencies |
Further Information |
| 274,5 | Cloche | |||
| 301,5 | Cloche | |||
| 307 | 1 | 312 | 2nd partial at 614; 619 | |
| 307 | 2 | Cloche | ||
| 312 | 1 | 317,6 | ||
| 312 | 2 | 317,6 | strong 2nd partial at 624,5; 630 | |
| 323 | 1 | 328 | strong 2nd partial at 646 | |
| 323 | 2 | 328 | strong 2nd partial at 646; 651 | |
| 323 | 3 | 328,4 | 2nd partial at 651,4 | |
| 323 | 4 | Cloche | ||
| 328,4 | Cloche | |||
| 328,5 | 333,8 (equal) | 2nd partial at 656; 662 | ||
| 339 | 344,5 | |||
| 344,5 | 1 | 350; 339 | ||
| 344,5 | 2 | 339; 350 | ||
| 344,5 | 3 | 350 (equal to fundamental) | ||
| 349,9 | 355,3 (weak) | straight sound | ||
| 376 | F#4 +27,9 | |||
| 377 | 382,2 (strong); 371,5 (weak) | strong 2nd partial (octave) | ||
| 382 | 377 (strong); 387,6 | strong 2nd partial (octave) | ||
| 393 | 398,4 (strong) | strong 2nd partial | ||
| 414,5 | 420; 409 | |||
| 425 | 430,5; 420 | |||
| 436 | 430,7; 441,4 | |||
| 441,5 | 446,8; 436 | |||
| 447 | 452,2; 441,4 | |||
| 452 | 457,6; 446,8 | |||
| 457,5 | 463 weak | quite straight | ||
| 458 | 463 (strong); 468 | |||
| 463 | 457,6 | |||
| 474 | 479 (strong) | |||
| 490 | 495 weak (and 485,5) | quite straight | ||
| 506 | 500,65 | |||
| 509 | C5 -47,8 | spectrometer gives 516 Hz | ||
| 516,8 | C5 -21,5 | 538.33 | ||
| 517 | ? | |||
| 522,2 | 516,8; 527,6 | |||
| 527,6 | 533 (strong / equal) | |||
| 533 | 538.3 (strong) | strong harmonics | ||
| 538,3 | 543.7 (equal) | |||
| 543,7 | 1 | 538,3 | ||
| 543,7 | 2 | 538.3 | ||
| 549 | 543,7; 554,5 | |||
| 549,1 | 543,7 (equal) | |||
| 554,5 | 1 | 560 | ||
| 554,5 | 2 | 549.1 | ||
| 576 | 1 | 581,4 | ||
| 576 | 2 | 581 (nearly equal) | higher freq. stronger when fading out | |
| 576 | 3 | 581 (nearly equal) | higher freq. stronger when fading out | |
| 576 | 4 | 570.6 | ||
| 581,4 | 1 | 586,8 (nearly equal) | higher freq. stonger when fading out | |
| 581,4 | 2 | 586,8 (strong – equal) | ||
| 598 | D5 +31,2 | spectrometer gives 603 Hz | ||
| 603 | 3 | D5 +45,6 | ||
| 603 | 1 | |||
| 603 | 2 | 608,3 | ||
| 603 | 4 | 608,3; 597,6 | does not respond well | |
| 608,3 | 603, 613,7 | significant vibrato | ||
| 637,6 | 630; 640,6 | |||
| 640,6 | 635,2 (equal) | |||
| 646 | 1 | 640,6; 651,4 | „identical twin“ | |
| 646 | 2 | 640,6; 651,4 | „identical twin“ | |
| 646 | 651,4 | |||
| 651,4 | 1 | 656,8; 646 | „identical twin“ | |
| 651,4 | 2 | 656,8; 646 | „identical twin“ | |
| 656,8 | 651,4; 662,2 | |||
| 656,8 | 662,1 | |||
| 710,6 | 705,2; 716 | |||
| 721,4 | 726,8 | |||
| 742,8 | 748,3 (equal) | |||
| 748,3 | 753,7; 743 | restless | ||
| 753,7 | 1 | 748,3; 759 | restless | |
| 753,7 | 2 | 748,3; 743 | restless, „lower“ than 753,7 – 1 | |
| 753,7 | 3 | 748,3; 764,4 | restless | |
| 764,5 | G4 -44 | 759; 770 | ||
| 769,8 | 1 | 775,2 (equal) | ||
| 769,8 | 2 | 775,2 | ||
| 775,2 | 796,3; 753,7 | restless, high ambitus | ||
| 791,4 | 786 (strong); 796,7 | no responding well, restless | ||
| 796,7 | 818,3; 775,2 | |||
| 839,8 | 845,2 | |||
| 850,6 | 856; 845,2 (both not strong) | |||
| 861,3 | 866,7; 856 | |||
| 866,7 | 861,3; 872,1 | |||
| 882,9 | 888,2; 880,8 | not a good specimen | ||
| 899 | 893,6 (weak) | |||
| 904,4 | A5 +47,4 | 899 | ||
| 925,9 | 931,3 | |||
| 942,1 | 936,7 | |||
| 952,8 | 958,2; 947,5 | |||
| 958,2 | 963,6; 952,8 | A bit restless | ||
| 963,6 | 1 | 969 | ||
| 963,6 | 2 | 967 (strong); 958,2 | ||
| 996 | 1 | 990,5 (equal) | ||
| 996 | 2 | 990,5, 1001,3 | ||
| 1001 | 969 | not a very strong glass | ||
| 1012 | 1017,4; 1006,7 | a weak glass | ||
| 1017,4 | 1022,8 (equal) | |||
| 1023 | 1028 (strong), 1017 (weak) | |||
| 1039 | 1033,6 | |||
| 1082 | 1087,4 | only with bow | ||
| 1087,4 | 1092,8; 1082 | |||
| 1109 | 1103,6; 1114,3 | |||
| 1130,5 | 1125; 1136 | not responding well (bow?), restless | ||
| 1152 | 1157,4; 1146,6 | significant vibrato | ||
| 1184 | 1179; 1190 | |||
| 1189,7 | 1195 | |||
| 1206 | 1211,2 | |||
| 1211,2 | 1216,6 (strong) | |||
| 1232,8 | 1227,4 (strong); 1238,2 (weak) | |||
| 1233 | 1227,4 | |||
| 1238 | 1232,8; 1243,5 | not responding well | ||
| 1259,7 | 1254,3 | |||
| 1265 | D#6 +28,3 | 1260 (not strong) | ||
| 1286,6 | 1292 | |||
| 1394,3 | 1399,7; 1388,9 | |||
| 1432 | 1429,3 | not responding well, better with bow | ||
| 1469,6 | 1475; 1446 | not responding well | ||
| 1512,7 | 1511; 1518 | only with bow | ||
| 1577,3 | 1572; 1582,7 | |||
| 1588 | 1593; 1599 | only with bow | ||
| 1636,5 | 1642; 1631 | only with bow | ||
| 1647,3 | 1641,9; 1652,7 | |||
| 1658 | 1663,4; 1652,7 | only with bow | ||
| 1663,4 | 1668,8 | |||
| 1690,4 | 1695,7; 1685 | |||
| 1787,3 | 1792,6; 1782 | |||
| 1798 | 1803,4 | only with bow | ||
| 1835,7 | 1830; 1841 | not responding well | ||
| 1852 | 1857,2; 1846,5 | |||
| 2002,6 | 2024,1; 1981 | playable with bow only | ||
| 2099,5 | 2094,1; 2104,9 | |||
| 2105 | 2110 | not responding well, better with bow |
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