metallophone

[muh-tal-uh-fohn]

me·tal·lo·phone

[muh-tal-uh-fohn]
noun
any musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of metal bars that may either be struck by hammers operated manually or played with a keyboard.

Origin:
1885–90; metallo- + -phone
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metallophone (mɛˈtæləˌfəʊn)
 
n
any of various musical instruments consisting of tuned metal bars struck with a hammer, such as the glockenspiel

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metallophone

any percussion instrument consisting of a series of struck metal bars (compare xylophone, with struck wooden bars). Examples include the saron and gender of the Indonesian gamelan orchestra and the Western glockenspiel, vibraphone, and (with a keyboard) celesta.

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