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\subsection{James Smith and his Musical Glasses}
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James Smith's Tutor for the Musical Glasses (1829) \footnote{Smith} describes the disadvantages of Franklin's \glassarmonica{}:
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\begin{quote}
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The Glasses of the Harmonica are very liable to break. The larger revolve with much greater velocity than the smaller; the foot is apt to tire in turning the machinery; when to this we add the high expense of the instrument, we need not be surprised that it never came into general use.\footnote{Smith, iv}
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\end{quote}
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Smith concludes by describing ``the old slow, expressive soul-subduing melodies of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales, performed upon them [the musical glasses] by a player of taste and feeling'':
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\begin{verse}
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They come o'er the ear, like the sweet South,\\
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That breathes upon a bank of violets,\\
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Stealing, and giving odours.\\
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\end{verse}
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\begin{figure}
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\includegraphics[width=\textwidth, bb=0 0 5in 7in]{jsmith1.jpg}
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\caption[J.Smith Diatonic Layout]{J. Smith's Diatonic Glasses}
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\label{JSmithDiatonic}
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\end{figure}
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\begin{figure}
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\includegraphics[width=\textwidth, bb=0 0 5in 7in]{jsmith2.jpg}
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\caption[J.Smith Chromatic Layout]{J. Smith's Chromatic Glasses}
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\label{JSmithChromatic}
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\end{figure}
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