xylophone

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

From NewsForKids.net ● Apr. 1, 2024

“Let’s work together to keep your account safe and protect you from fraud,” a recorded voice said, over a tinkly melody that sounded like a xylophone.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2023

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

A running stream could be a glissando on a xylophone; thunder can be played with drums; footsteps with a woodblock, etc.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

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

First, she went through the submissions to make sure they were playable by recorders and xylophones, which many schools use in elementary music classes.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2021

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

Other idiophones, though, like xylophones, are designed to ring at more particular frequencies.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones