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Glockenspiel
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Glockenspiel
The glockenspiel is a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal plates played with a pair of small hammers. Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/VG.HTM
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glockenspiel
[n] - a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=glockenspiel
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Glockenspiel
Glock'en·spiel` noun [ G.; glocke bell + spiel play.] (Music) An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/34
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glockenspiel
orchestral bells noun a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=glockenspiel
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Glockenspiel
• (n.) An instrument, originally a series of bells on an iron rod, now a set of flat metal bars, diatonically tuned, giving a bell-like tone when played with a mallet; a carillon. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/glockenspiel/
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glockenspiel
(German: `set of bells`), percussion instrument, originally a set of graduated bells, later a set of tuned steel bars (i.e., a metallophone) struck ... [1 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/38
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Glockenspiel
A glockenspiel (ˈɡlɔkənˌʃpiːl, glocken:bells and spiel:play) is a percussion instrument composed of a set of tuned keys arranged in the fashion of the keyboard of a piano. In this way, it is similar to the xylophone; however, the xylophone`s bars are made of wood, while the glockenspiel`s ar... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glockenspiel
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glockenspiel
glockenspiel (glok'unspēl) [Ger.,=bell-play], percussion instrument. The medieval glockenspiel was a sort of miniature carillon (see bell), sometimes played mechanically by means of a rotating cylinder with protruding pins. In the 16th cent. it was given a keyboard. The 18th-century glocke... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0821023.html
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glockenspiel
Tuned percussion instrument of light metal bars mounted on a carrying frame for use in military bands or on a standing frame for use in an orchestra (in which form it resembles a small xylophone or celesta). It is played with hammers or via a piano keyboard attachment Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0026663.html
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glockenspiel
1) Musical instrument 2) Orchestral bells 3) Percussion instrument 4) Percussive instrument 5) Xylophone cousin Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/glockenspiel/1
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