xylophone
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He holds small mallets in his “hands” to play a kind of xylophone called a marimba.
From NewsForKids.net ● Apr. 1, 2024
The article paints a scene of company employees striking a metal xylophone and applauding as they jubilantly gaslight their customers.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2023
They squat on the surface with embossing hammers, swiftly stamping the top of each cube, like xylophone players performing in a concert.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023
They would weave through the cemetery with their marimbas — a percussion instrument with a warm sound, similar to a xylophone — between the elevated tombs, playing traditional Latin music.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Millie plays “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” on the xylophone, which isn’t incredibly impressive, but suits her still.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
I wish it sounded like tinkling bells and xylophones.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
These instruments tend to be bells, gongs, types of xylophones and other kinds of pitched percussion instruments.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2024
The new regulations also required permits for products made from the wood, including guitars, violins, bagpipes and xylophones.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 12, 2018
In fact, none other than radical composer Georges Antheil, best known for his “Ballet Mécanique,” which requires 16 player pianos, as well as a cacophony of bells, buzzers, xylophones, airplane propellers and a siren.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2017
It sounded like a hundred xylophones inside a stone tomb.
From "Winger" by Andrew Smith
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