Definition of Glockenspeil
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.
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's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a musical instrument of the percussion family of instruments, like the xylophone, it has tuned bars arranged like the keys on a piano, and is also smaller in size and higher in pitch.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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