noun
glockenspiel
Glockenspiel (noun) means a musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments. Like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano. It is smaller in size and higher in pitch than the xylophone, and the bars are made of metal instead of wood.
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A musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments. Like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano. It is smaller in size and higher in pitch than the xylophone, and the bars are made of metal instead of wood.
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Etymology
From German Glockenspiel (literally “bells-set”).
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"glockenspiel" (noun) means a musical instrument of the percussion idiophone family of instruments. Like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano. It is smaller in size and higher in pitch than the xylophone, and the bars are made of metal instead of wood.