Franklin Court '' was commissioned by the Pennsylvania Ballet in 1990 to observe the 200th anniversary of the death of Benjamin Franklin , that ornament of Philadelphia , crucial participant in the birth of America and inventor of bifocal eyeglasses , swim fins and the glass armonica , a musical instrument made of wineglasses .
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