Stick–slip phenomenon
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The stick–slip phenomenon, also known as the slip–stick phenomenon or simply stick–slip, is a type of motion exhibited by objects in contact sliding over one another. The motion of these objects is us
The familiar squeak of basketball shoes on a wooden basketball court is caused by stick–slip motion
Glass harp
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A glass harp is a musical instrument made of upright wine glasses.
Stick–slip phenomenon
…on a basketball court, and the sound made by the spiny lobster. Stick–slip motion is used to generate musical notes in bowed string instruments, the glass harp and the singing bowl. Stick–slip can also be observed on the atomic scale using a friction force microscope. The behaviour of seismically active faults…
A glass harp being played by Robert Tiso. The rims of wine glasses filled with water are rubbed by the player's fingers to create the notes.
1492 Italian illustration of a person playing a glass harp
A Grand Harmonicon, a form of the glass harp invented by Francis Hopkinson Smith in 1825.
Gin and tonic large glass with a long and thin stem, which may be used to produce a rim sound and a base sound if rubbed properly