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glockenspiel
(glɒkənʃpiːl)
Word forms: plural glockenspiels
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 British English
(ˈɡlɒkənˌspiːl, -ˌʃpiːl)
noun
a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal plates played with a pair of small hammers
Word origin
C19: German, from Glocken bells + Spiel playglockenspiel in American English
(ˈglɑkənˌspil; ˈglɑkənˌʃpil)
noun
a percussion instrument with chromatically tuned, flat metal bars set in a frame, that produce bell-like tones when struck with small hammers
Word origin
Ger < glocke, a bell (see clock1) + spiel, playImage ofglockenspiel
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