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Re: Etched Glass

Author: Chris P
Date: 2016-05-28 22:27

Is lead glass (that's lead content in the glass as opposed to leaded glass panels) still used in stained glass making?

That's something you won't want to use as a reed resurfacer.

It was said that playing the Armonica or Glass Harmonica (different pitch crystal bowls concentrically mounted on a rotating axle and played with wet fingers) could send people mad. I think tests had shown that was most likely to have been due to the lead content in the crystal used in the bowls which got into the players' system through contact with it and over time caused lead poisoning. Well there's that and other killers used in Victorian era such as arsenic in a deep green dye used in wallpaper and fabrics and lead paint among loads of other hazardous things found in and around the house.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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