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glockenspiel

noun as in carillon

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When Puts reaches for percussion instruments, he chooses the sweeter ones — glockenspiel, crotales, chimes, vibraphone — and combines them luxuriously.

The trio are joined by a full band as well by two cellists, four violinists and a glockenspiel.

“She was well-educated, quietly brought up, shy, modest and an accomplished player on the glockenspiel.”

Abensberg's town centre is deeply traditional with cobbled streets and a glockenspiel on the town hall.

From BBC

There’s pointillistic syncopation from marimba, glockenspiel and pizzicato strings, with a backdrop of sustained chords: the ticktock of everyday minutiae held together by the promise of constancy.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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