Glockenspiel

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Glockenspiel \Glock"en*spiel`\, n. [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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  glockenspiel
       n : a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated
           metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small
           hammers [syn: {orchestral bells}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "glockenspiel":
     battery, bells, bones, castanets, celesta, chime, chimes, clappers,
     crash cymbal, cymbals, finger cymbals, gamelan, gong, handbells,
     idiophone, lyra, maraca, marimba, metallophone, orchestral bells,
     percussion, percussion instrument, percussions, percussive, rattle,
     rattlebones, sizzler, snappers, tam-tam, tintinnabula, tonitruone,
     triangle, tubular bells, vibes, vibraphone, xylophone