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vibraharpist

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vi⋅bra⋅harp

[vahy-bruh-hahrp]
–noun
a musical percussion instrument that resembles a marimba and is played with mallets, but that has metal instead of wooden bars and has a set of electrically powered resonators for sustaining the tone or creating a vibrato.
Also called vibraphone.


Origin:
1925–30; < L vibrā(re) to shake + harp


vi⋅bra⋅harp⋅ist, noun
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vi·bra·harp   (vī'brə-härp')   
n.  See vibraphone.
vi'bra·harp'ist n.
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