GLOCKENSPIEL

glockenspiel, orchestral bells

(noun) a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

glockenspiel (plural glockenspiels)

(musical instrument) A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments; like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.

Source: Wiktionary


Glock"en*spiel`, n. [G.; glocke bell + spiel play.] (Music)

Definition: An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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