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a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone, but with glass rather than wooden bars
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Crystallophone — A crystallophone is a musical instrument that produces sound from glass. One of the best known crystallophones is the glass harmonica, a set of rotating glass bowls which produce eerie, clear tones when rubbed with a wet finger. The glasschord… … Wikipedia
Hydraulophone — Infobox Instrument name=Hydraulophone names=Woodwater instrument classification= *Water *Woodwater *Reedless *Single reed *Double reed range=Basic range of a diatonic hydraulophone with 12 water jets: More detailed ranges and compasses appear… … Wikipedia
Glasschord — The glasschord (or glasscord) is a crystallophone that resembles the celesta but uses keyboard driven hammers to strike glass bars instead of metal bars.ee also*Celesta *Crystallophone *Glass *Keyboard instrumentExternal links*… … Wikipedia
Dean Shostak — playing his glass handbells. Background information Origin Williamsburg, Virginia … Wikipedia
List of musical instruments — The following is a list of musical instruments, categorized by section. Please add to List of musical instruments by Hornbostel Sachs number also. See also List of instruments by nationality and There are 482 musical instruments listed. This… … Wikipedia
Glass harmonica — The glass harmonica, also known as the glass armonica, hydrocrystalophone, or simply armonica (derived from armonia , the Italian word for harmony), is a type of musical instrument that uses a series of glass bowls or goblets graduated in size to … Wikipedia
Glass marimba — The glass marimba is a crystallophone that is similar to the marimba, but has bars of glass instead of wood. The bars, which the performer strikes with padded mallets, are perched on a glass box to provide the necessary resonance. Glass marimbas… … Wikipedia
Finchcocks — is an early Georgian manor house in Goudhurst, Kent, which houses a large collection of historical keyboard instruments: harpsichords, clavichords, fortepianos, square pianos, organs and other musical instruments. The house and collection are… … Wikipedia
Traditional Thai musical instruments — ( th. เครื่องดนตรีไทย) are the musical instruments used in the traditional and classical musics of Thailand. They comprise a wide range of wind, string, and percussion instruments played by both the Thai majority as well as the nation s ethnic… … Wikipedia
Ranat kaeo — The ranat kaeo (Thai: ระนาดแก้ว) is a crystallophone consisting of struck glass bars of varying length, used in the classical music of Thailand. It is usually played with a soft padded mallet.Related instruments*Xylophone: an array of wooden bars … Wikipedia
