glockenspiel

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A multi-instrumentalist who is as likely to pick up a violin as a glockenspiel, Mr. Bird is sure to delight his home-town crowd in this performance at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

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  1. noun A percussion instrument with a series of metal bars tuned to the chromatic scale and played with two light hammers.

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  • Villagers is short, it's not lacking in decoration; it's a distended orchestral romp teeming with unexpected instruments (glockenspiel, anyone?) and painstaking arrangements, all hand-carved by McKay herself. —  Riverfront Times | Complete Issue
  • Opening track "Oh! Apollo" displays some pop influences with a cleanly produced sound featuring glockenspiel (!), and "The Magic Is Gone" comes across more like The Reigning Sound than The Yardbirds or MC5.
  • Watch and hear a glockenspiel, stroll across the largest wooden bridge and visit the world's largest Christmas store. —  Pure Michigan Travel
  • A glockenspiel or something similar echoes the 'Where do we go from here' melody to end the piece, stopping a note short on the last repeat. —  Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website
  • A multi-instrumentalist who is as likely to pick up a violin as a glockenspiel, Mr. Bird is sure to delight his home-town crowd in this performance at the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. —  ChicagoBusiness.com Breaking News
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  1. German : Glocken, pl. of Glocke, bell (from Middle High German, from Old High German glocka, of imitative origin ) + Spiel, play; see spiel.

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  1. German, from glocke, bell (see clock), + spiel, play.
 

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/ˈglɑkənʃpil/
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