glockenspiel

Meanings

Plural: glockenspiels

Noun

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

Origin / Etymology

From German Glockenspiel (literally “bells-set”).

Synonyms

orchestral bells

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