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n. A percussion instrument consisting of a mounted row of wooden bars graduated in length to sound a chromatic scale, played with two small mallets.

n. a musical instrument made of wooden slats graduated so as to make the sounds of the scale when struck with a small drumstick-like hammer.

n. An instrument common among the Russians, Poles, and Tartars, consisting of a series of strips of wood or glass graduated in length to the musical scale, resting on belts of straw, and struck with two small hammers. Called in Germany strohfiedel, or straw fiddle.

n. An instrument to determine the vibrative properties of different kinds of wood.

n. A musical instrument consisting of a graduated series of wooden bars, often supported on bands of straw, and sounded by means of small wooden hammers or by rubbing with rosined gloves. The tone is often agreeable and effective. Also gigelira, sticcada, and strawfiddle.

n. a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

"More importantly, I believe the xylophone is a painfully under-utilized instrument."

percussion instrument    percussive instrument   

vibraphone    marimba    glockenspiel   

strohfiedel    straw fiddle   

xylophonist   

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