Overview of the results

Analytical results of six glass instruments from the Deutsches Museum and comparative case studies

OBJECT IDENTIFICATION	ANALYSIS
	UV fluorescence	*X-ray fluorescence*
	UV fluorescence	Network formers	Fluxing agents	Stabilizer	Decolorizers, Impurities
Glass harmonica Inv. No. 7996 Germany ca. 1800	yellow (Mn)	Silicon, Arsenic / Lead	Potassium, Rubidium, Strontium	Calcium	Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Nickel
Händel-Haus, Halle Glass harmonica, Inv. No. MS-94 Nuremberg, early 19th century (Haufe 1995)	n/a	Aluminum, Silicon, Arsenic / Lead	Sodium, Potassium	Calcium, Magnesium	Iron
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Glass harmonica, Inv. No. 17.2047 England late 18th century (Newman 1992)	n/a	Aluminum, Silicon, Phosphorus, Lead	Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium, Strontium	Calcium, Magnesium	Manganese, Iron, Tin
Glasschord, Heinrich M. Fuchs Inv. No. 45933 Nuremberg, Germany ca. 1820
pink	yellow (Mn)	Silicon, Arsenic / Lead	Potassium	Calcium	Manganese, Iron, Nickel
green	–	Silicon, Arsenic / Lead	Potassium, Rubidium, Strontium	Calcium	Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Copper, Nickel
colorless (large)	–	Silicon, Arsenic / Lead	Potassium	Calcium	Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Nickel
colorless (small)	yellow (Mn)	Silicon, Arsenic / Lead	Potassium, Rubidium, Strontium	Calcium	Chromium, Manganese, Iron, Nickel
Glass flute Inv. No. 58531 around 1860	yellow (Mn)	Silicon	Potassium, Rubidium	Calcium	Manganese, Iron,
Library of Congress, Washington Glass flute, C. Laurent Paris, early 18th century (Buechele et al. 2015)	–	Aluminum, Silicon, Phosphorus	Sodium, Potassium, Rubidium	Calcium, Magnesium	Lithium, Boron, Barium, Manganese, Iron, Nickel, Zinc, Zirconium
Set of musical glasses Inv. No. 2003-27T1 Germany around 1900	yellowish-green glass d (Mn?)	Silicon, Arsenic / Lead	Potassium, Rubidium, Strontium	Calcium	Manganese, Iron, Nickel
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Musical glasses, Inv. No. Res. 52.72 F. H. Smith, Baltimore, ca. 1830 (Newman 1997)	n/a	Aluminum, Silicon, Lead	Sodium, Potassium,	Calcium	Manganese, Iron
Glass trumpet Inv. No. 65601 early 20th century	whitish-blue (Pb)	Silicon, Arsenic / Lead	Potassium, Strontium	Calcium	Iron, Nickel, Zinc
Glass harmonica, G. Finkenbeiner Inv. No. 1988-1 Waltham, MA, USA 1983	–	Silicon	–	Calcium	Iron, Nickel

Citation: Charlotte Holzer, ‘Findings from Non-destructive Material Analysis on Musical Glass Instruments’, in: Materiality of Musical Instruments. A Virtual Exhibition.