Meaning Of The Word Glockenspiel

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glockenspiel
countable noun: A glockenspiel is a musical instrument which consists of metal bars of different lengths arranged like the keyboard of a piano. You play the glockenspiel by hitting the bars with wooden hammers.

glockenspiel in American English
a percussion instrument with chromatically tuned, flat metal bars set in a frame, that produce bell-like tones when struck with small hammers
noun: a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used esp. in bands

glockenspiel in British English
noun: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal plates played with a pair of small hammers

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