xylophone

He holds small mallets in his “hands” to play a kind of xylophone called a marimba.

From NewsForKids.net ● Apr. 1, 2024

The article paints a scene of company employees striking a metal xylophone and applauding as they jubilantly gaslight their customers.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2023

They squat on the surface with embossing hammers, swiftly stamping the top of each cube, like xylophone players performing in a concert.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2023

Their collaboration, “Odyssey,” finds common ground in synthesizer-centered 1980s pop, specifically Talking Heads’ 1980 “Once in a Lifetime” plus a lot of marimba or xylophone overdubs.

From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

I hear someone playing a xylophone behind me and know that it must be Aimee.

From "Shouting at the Rain" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

I wish it sounded like tinkling bells and xylophones.

From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026

These instruments tend to be bells, gongs, types of xylophones and other kinds of pitched percussion instruments.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2024

To some observers, the two businesses may seem to be anachronisms — one offering plastic yodeling pickles and xylophones, the other borscht and kielbasa — and out of step with the times.

From New York Times ● Dec. 11, 2020

The new regulations also required permits for products made from the wood, including guitars, violins, bagpipes and xylophones.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 12, 2018

By the years end the Firemen had raked the autumn leaves and white xylophones away, and it was no more fun.

From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury