glockenspieln.

1825 J. F. Danneley Encycl. Music at Carillon Glockenspiel, in Italian, campanetta, an organ-stop, composed of bells, comprising the upper half of the clavier.

1898 J. Stainer Stainer & Barrett's Dict. Musical Terms (rev. ed.) 202/2 Glockenspiel,..an organ stop of two ranks.

1833 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. vii, in Fraser's Mag. Dec. 673/1 Some few, of musical turn, have a whole chime of bells (Glockenspiel) fastened there [i.e. on their girdles].

1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 7/1 The instruments of percussion which give definite notes..are the Kettle Drums.., Glockenspiel (bells used in military bands and occasionally with orchestra), and the Harmonica.

1889 G. B. Shaw in Star 12 Aug. 3/4 In the waltz from 'Die Meistersinger' I heard no glockenspiel.

1892 Work 2 July 253/3 The glockenspiel proper consists of a set of eight or more clock bells, mounted on a central spindle, which is inserted in a wooden handle.

1905 Daily Chron. 29 June 3/3 A glockenspiel accompaniment.

1957 W. H. Auden & C. Kallman Magic Flute 59 Though Papageno, one is sad to feel, Prefers the juke-box to the glockenspiel.

1970 R. Smith Brindle Contemp. Percussion vii. 53 By reason of the brief duration, limited volume and relative indefiniteness of its sounds, the glockenspiel is rarely used to contribute in a decisive way to harmonic structures.