glockenspiel

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1. a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated steel bars mounted in a frame and struck with hammers, used especially in bands.

noun

1. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal plates played with a pair of small hammers

n.

1825, from German Glockenspiel, literally “play of bells,” from Glocke “bell” (see clock) + Spiel “a play.”

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