1. a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned metal bars or tubes arranged like a keyboard and struck with small hammers

Examples

• The glockenspiel added a bright, bell-like sound to the orchestra.
• She practiced scales on the glockenspiel in music class.
• The marching band’s glockenspiel player wore a special harness to carry the instrument.
• The composer wrote a delicate melody for the glockenspiel in the second movement.
• Children were fascinated by the sparkling sound of the glockenspiel.
• The percussionist switched from timpani to glockenspiel for the final section.